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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Bismarck

A government may not waver; once it has chosen its course, it must, without looking to right or left, thenceforth go forward.

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

Mit vier Strangschlägern zu fahren ist gefährlich, aber ich werde es versuchen—It is risky to drive with four horses that kick over the traces, but I shall try.

Nach Canossa gehen wir nicht—We are not going to Canossa (where Henry IV. humbled himself before the Pope).

Zeitungsschreiber: ein Mensch, der seinen Beruf verfehlt hat—A journalist, a man who has mistaken his calling.