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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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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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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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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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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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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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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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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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