Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
OTTO VON BISMARCKGovernment is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Politics ruins the character.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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