“(About Cesare Borgia) What cruelties were not the result of his? Who could count all his crimes? Such was the man that Machiavel prefers to all the great geniuses of his time, and to the heroes of antiquity, and of… — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
“If it is bad to debase the innocence of a private individual, whose influence on the affairs of the world is minimal, it is… — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
“Compare Holland with Russia; you see only marshy and sterile islands in the former, which rise from the center of the ocean: a small… — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
All religions must be tolerated ... every man must go to heaven in his own way. [Die Religionen müssen alle toleriert werden ... denn… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
“The cruel man is of misanthropic temperament, and is a man of moods, oscillating from quiet brooding to sudden explosions. If a man like… — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
I am up and about when I am ill, and in the most appalling weather. I am on horseback when other men would be… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers. — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
“The floods which devastate regions, the fire of the lightning which reduces cities to ashes, the poison of the plague which afflicts provinces, are… — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
A man with his heart in his profession imagines and finds resources where the worthless and lazy despair. — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that goes out… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
Christianity - An old metaphysical romance, filled with marvels, contradictions, and absurdity, born in the ardent imagination of Orientals, has spread into our Europe.… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image