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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Otto von Bismarck

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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Fraud Gentleman Society
A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Caution Freedom One Liner Peace
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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Die Eyes Soldier Start War
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Call Journalist Mistake Person
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Law Rule See
Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Dog Feed Follow One Liner Pet
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Appeal Country Fear Heart
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Design Execution Generosity Humanity Inspirational Man Moderation Success
We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Fear God World
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Fools Philosophy Truth World
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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Cease Conflict Existence Struggle
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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Change Choose Constant Instant Logic Politics Science Situation
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Courtesy Declare Observe Polite Rule War
What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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History Learning
Great men have great dogs.
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Dog Men One Liner
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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Beware Compensation Conscious Deed Noble Sacrifice Sentimental
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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History Paper Print Writing
Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Country Expression Speak
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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Blood Decision Iron Majority Question Settle Speech
I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Consideration Endeavor Evil Nation Spare Victory War
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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Execution Planning Poor Result Yield
Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Blind Friendship Love Notice
Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Death Fear Prevention Suicide War
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Election Hunt Lie People War
Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Cure Evil Law Medicine
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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Agree Carry Intention Practice Principle
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Civilization Possess Religion Seek Worth

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