Otto von Bismarck Men Quotations

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.

Vanity is a mortgage that must be deducted from the value of a man.

I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin.

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

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

Great men have great dogs.

The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his boots and the bankers went anew to grab the riches. I fear that foreign bankers with their craftiness and tortuous tricks will entirely control the exuberant riches of America and use it to systematically corrupt civilization.

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