I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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