Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhat we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Politics ruins the character.
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Great men have great dogs.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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 secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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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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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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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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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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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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