1. “Hounds follow those who feed them.” – Otto von Bismarck
2. “History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.” – Otto von Bismarck
3. “God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.” – Otto von Bismarck
4. “Physicians still retain something of their priestly origin; they would gladly do what they forbid.” – Otto von Bismarck
5. “The Balkans aren’t worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.” – Otto von Bismarck
6. “If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.” – Otto von Bismarck
7. “When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.” – Otto von Bismarck
8. “The luxury of one’s own opinion.” – Otto von Bismarck
9. “Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.” – Otto von Bismarck
10. “My subject is my life, and my life is my subject.” – Otto von Bismarck
11. “Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.” – Otto von Bismarck
12. “Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.” – Otto von Bismarck
13. “Great men have great dogs.” – Otto von Bismarck
14. “There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not.” – Otto von Bismarck
15. “The position of Prussia in Germany will not be determined by its liberalism but by its power ..” – Otto von Bismarck
16. “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” – Otto von Bismarck
17. “It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.” – Otto von Bismarck
18. “The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.” – Otto von Bismarck
19. “A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.” – Otto von Bismarck
20. “Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.” – Otto von Bismarck
21. “The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they’ll sleep at night.” – Otto von Bismarck
22. “Man cannot control the current of events. He can only float with them and steer.” – Otto von Bismarck
23. “The main thing is to make history, not to write it.” – Otto von Bismarck
24. “We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.” – Otto von Bismarck
25. “Revolutions in Prussia are started by kings, and since it is a revolution, it is better to start it ourselves than to suffer of it.” – Otto von Bismarck
26. “We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.” – Otto von Bismarck
27. “A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.” – Otto von Bismarck
28. “Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.” – Otto von Bismarck
29. “He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.” – Otto von Bismarck
30. “God always looks after the fools and – and the United States.” – Otto von Bismarck
31. “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best.” – Otto von Bismarck
32. “Better pointed bullets than pointed words.” – Otto von Bismarck
33. “Lord takes care of babes, fools, and the United States.” – Otto von Bismarck
34. “People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made” – Otto von Bismarck
35. “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” – Otto von Bismarck
36. “Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.” – Otto von Bismarck
37. “I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.” – Otto von Bismarck
38. “Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.” – Otto von Bismarck
39. “I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.” – Otto von Bismarck
40. “The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.” – Otto von Bismarck
41. “You can do anything with children if you only play with them.” – Otto von Bismarck
42. “What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.” – Otto von Bismarck
43. “Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.” – Otto von Bismarck
44. “Earthly majesty is always akin to the fallen angel, who is proud and unhappy, beautiful but troubled, and whose plans and efforts, though vast, are denied access.” – Otto von Bismarck
45. “War should only be used for a policy worth its sacrifices.” – Otto von Bismarck
46. “Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.” – Otto von Bismarck
47. “Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.” – Otto von Bismarck
48. “An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.” – Otto von Bismarck
49. “The nation that has the schools has the future.” – Otto von Bismarck
50. “I have wished to crush Rome that I might crush Christianity.” – Otto von Bismarck
51. “With bad laws and good civil servants it’s still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can’t help.” – Otto von Bismarck
52. “The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.” – Otto von Bismarck
53. “Never fight with Russians. They answer every stratagem with unpredictable stupidity.” – Otto von Bismarck
54. “Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.” – Otto von Bismarck
55. “There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.” – Otto von Bismarck
56. “Life is like being at the dentist. You always think the worst is still to come, and it is over already.” – Otto von Bismarck
57. “People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.” – Otto von Bismarck
58. “Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! You will see that she can ride.” – Otto von Bismarck
59. “The life of a man is like a game of chess, which he plays according to his art.” – Otto von Bismarck
60. “You can’t destroy the Polish national consciousness, or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves.” – Otto von Bismarck
61. “Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.” – Otto von Bismarck
62. “Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.” – Otto von Bismarck
63. “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).” – Otto von Bismarck
64. “Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.” – Otto von Bismarck
65. “All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.” – Otto von Bismarck
66. “Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own.” – Otto von Bismarck
67. “Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided — that was the error of 1848 and 1849 — but by iron and blood.” – Otto von Bismarck
68. “One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.” – Otto von Bismarck
69. “The statesman’s task is to hear God’s footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to His coattails as He marches past. ” – Otto von Bismarck
70. “If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans.” – Otto von Bismarck
71. “Politics is no exact science.” – Otto von Bismarck
72. “We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.” – Otto von Bismarck
73. “A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.” – Otto von Bismarck