Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
OTTO VON BISMARCKLaws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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