“An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.”

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

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

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

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

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

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