A really great man is known by three signs generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.Otto von Bismarck
I have never lived on principles. When I have had to act, I never first asked myself on what principles I was going to act, but I went at it and did what I thought fit. I have often reproached myself for my want of principle.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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