Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Politics ruins the character.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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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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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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