The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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Great men have great dogs.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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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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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else 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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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