Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
OTTO VON BISMARCKI have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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