Klemens Metternich
Klemens Metternich
Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternichwas a politician and statesman of Rhenish extraction and one of the most important diplomats of his era, serving as the Austrian Empire's Foreign Minister from 1809 and Chancellor from 1821 until the liberal revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation...
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When France has a cold, all Europe sneezes
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It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them
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Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
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The men who make history have not time to write it