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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

Otto von Bismarck

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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Civilization Possess Religion Seek Worth
I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Deceive Finding Truth
Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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Great men have great dogs.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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Choose Course Government Right
When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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Agree Carry Intention Practice Principle
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Election Hunt Lie People War
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Emperor Naked Sight
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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Beware Compensation Conscious Deed Noble Sacrifice Sentimental
I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Consideration Endeavor Evil Nation Spare Victory War
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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Cease Conflict Existence Struggle
A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Beat Deal Follow Generation
What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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History Learning
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Appeal Country Fear Heart
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Law Rule See

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