People call it diplomacy when I do it, and panic when everyone else tries. by Otto von Bismarck

At least your tax collector routine was more consistent than your allies.

And yet I still left with the strongest seat in the room. That’s the job.

Consistency is overrated. Ask the map of Europe, not your ego.

That’s rich coming from the man who treated every conversation like a siege.

You called it diplomacy. I called it signing papers while you stared at everyone like a disappointed tax collector.

The map survived. My patience did not.