Top 15 Otto von Bismarck Quotes

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best.

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.

God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.

Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made.

It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

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.

man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer