When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Great men have great dogs.
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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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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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