Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHounds follow those who feed them.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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