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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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