“Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.”

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.

A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.

Politics is the art of the possible.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.

Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.

You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.

How can he be perfect? Everything he ever makes, dies.

Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter.

Either push your limits or die.

If I make music and people hate it, you know, whatever. I’ll die someday, and one day, they will too.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume.

Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death.