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Otto von Bismark

Otto von Bismark

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There are times when a government must be liberal and others when it must be dictatorial: here everything changes and there is no eternity.

Otto von Bismark

Otto von Bismark

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Politics is not an exact science, but an art.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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When the time arrives in which it could be done, the time has passed in which it could have been done.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

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Friends are neither many nor few, but enough.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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Ultimately, it is the relationships with people that give meaning to life.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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The less one accomplishes, the shorter life seems.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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Freedom can lead to many transgressions, but it even lends vices a less ignoble form.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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The best government is the one that becomes unnecessary.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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The most dangerous worldview is that of those who have never seen the world.

Herbert Von Karajan

Herbert Von Karajan

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The art of conducting consists of knowing when to drop the baton so as not to bother the orchestra.

Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist

Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist

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People are interested in our outward destiny; the inward, only to our friend.

August von Kotzebue

August von Kotzebue

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A moment of heart's joy is worth more than two hours of sensory pleasure.