Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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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Politics ruins the character.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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