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If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans. Almost perfectly describes World War I, which occured well after his death.
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I have always found the word "Europe" in the mouths of those politicians who wanted from other powers something they did not dare to demand in their own name.
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Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here... is France, and we're in the middle — that's my map of Africa. Conversation with a colonial enthusiast revealing his disapproval of Colonialism. (1888)
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