Otto von Bismarck on fools
Otto von Bismarck50 quotes“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck 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.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck Politics is not an exact science.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck 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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