It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
OTTO VON BISMARCKOnly a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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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