Politics is the art of the possible. Meaning, origin, examples of the use of phraseological units

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Politics is the art of the possible

Otto von Bismarck

Phraseologism: Politics is the art of the possible.

Meaning: An effective policy deals only with reality, with achievable goals, and everything that lies beyond the bounds of the possible (real) is not politics, these are good wishes, empty declarations, etc.

Origin: The original source is an interview with the "Iron Chancellor" of Prussia (later Germany) Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck (1815-1898), which he gave (August, 1867) to the "Petersburg newspaper", published in St. Petersburg in German. In the original: "Politics is the doctrine of the possible." Then "teaching" turned into "art", and in this form the phrase became widely known.

Random phraseology:

Naked truth.

Meaning:

Truth as it is, no bluff.

Origin:

This expression is Latin: Nuda Veritas [nuda veritas]. It is taken from the 24th ode of the Roman poet Horace (65 - 8 BC). Ancient sculptors allegorically portrayed the truth (truth) in the form of a naked woman, which was supposed to symbolize the true state of affairs without silence or embellishment. However, in the world, among people, the truth did not dare to show itself naked, it had to hide behind a lie.

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