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A great unrecognized incapacity. [Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.] - of Napoleon III, while minister to Paris [Character] A really great man is known by three signs,--generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, and moderation in success. - [Greatness] Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches. [Ger., Lieber Spitzkugeln als Spitzreden.] - in a speech relative to Manteuffel's dealings with Austria during the insurrection of the People of Hesse-Cassel [War] History is simply a piece of paper covered with print; the main thing is still to make history, not to write it. - [History] I see in our relations with our alliance a fault of Prussia's, which we must cure sooner or later ferro et igne. [Ger., Ich sehe in unserm Bundesverhaltnisse ein Gebrechen Preussens, welches wir fruher oder spater ferro et igne werden heilen mussen.] - in a letter to Baron von Schleinitz [War] Let them stew in their own grease (or juice). - to Mr. Malet at Meaux, at the time of the Franco-German war [Punishment] Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride. [Ger., Setzen wir Deutschland, so zu sagen, in den Sattel! Reiten wird es schon konnen.] - in the Parliament of the Confederation [Germany] No work of art is worth the bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier. - quoted by [Art] People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election. - [Lying] The decision will come only from God, from the God of battles, when He lets fall from His hand the iron dice of destiny. - [War] The Herzegovina question is not worth the bones of a Pomeranian father. [Fr., L'affaire Herzegovinienne ne vaut pas les os d'un fusilier pomeranien.] - [War] The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.] - in a debate in the Reichstag, but he denied the application of the maxim to Germany [Royalty] The master of Bohemia is the master of Europe. - [Germany] [The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career. - to a deputation from Rugen to the King [Journalism] [The great questions of the day] are not decided by speeches and majority votes, but by blood and iron. - Declaration to the Prussian House of Delegates [War : Questions] We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world. [Ger., Wir Deutschen furchten Gott, sonst aber Nichts in der Welt.] - In the Reichstag [Germany] The Prussian Sovereigns are in possession of a crown not be the grace of the people, but by God's grace. - Speech in the Prussian Parliament [Royalty] I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin. [Ger., Ich bin gewoht in der Munze wiederzuzahlen in der man mich bezahlt.] - To the Ultramontanes [Retaliation]
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