I do not know if Otto von Bismarck was, in fact, a tenor. I would deeply like to believe that, holding the Ems Telegram tightly in his hand, he looked out through his window at the setting sun and launched into a heart-rending chorus of "Teardrops Upon the Pansies (A Misunderstood Jay Am I)."

On a less joyous note, it is true that, by the time he was an old monarch, Frederick had lost the ability to play his flute, and spent his last years embittered and cynical. Having all of your friends die in war after every country on the continent declares war on you will do that to a fellow...

- Count Dolby von Luckner

I think what amuses me most about this episode is that Voltaire has two whole lines of dialogue even though he is off-panel the entire time.