History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHistory is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHounds follow those who feed them.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWith 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 BISMARCKNothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics 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 BISMARCKPeople never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
OTTO VON BISMARCKGreat men have great dogs.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhen you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
OTTO VON BISMARCKI consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
OTTO VON BISMARCKBeware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNo civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhen you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is not an exact science.
OTTO VON BISMARCK