Otto von Bismarck — "There are a lot of people who have only one thought all their lives, and they ne…"

There are a lot of people who have only one thought all their lives, and they never come into conflict with it. I am not one of them; I learn from life, I learn as long as I live, I learn even today. It is possible that in a year or a few, if I still live to see them, I shall regard what I hold true today as a viewpoint that has been overcome, and I shall wonder: How could I have been of this opinion before?
Otto von Bismarck — Otto von Bismarck Modern · Unified Germany

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Introspective reflection on personal growth and changing views

Date: Unknown, 19th century

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