Love is blind; friendship ...

Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
 Otto von Bismarck

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The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.
 Otto von Bismarck
You can do everything with bayonets, but you are not able to sit on them
 Otto von Bismarck
The division of the United States into federations of equal force was decided long before the Civil War by the high financial powers of Europe. These bankers were afraid that the United States, if they remained in one block and as one nation, would attain economic and financial independence, which would upset their financial domination over the world. The voice of the Rothschilds prevailed... Therefore they sent their emissaries into the field to exploit the question of slavery and to open an abyss between the two sections of the Union.
 Otto von Bismarck
Earthly majesty is always akin to the fallen angel, who is proud and unhappy, beautiful but troubled, and whose plans and efforts, though vast, are denied access.
 Otto von Bismarck
I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin.
 Otto von Bismarck