“It does not pay a man to exist until the age of Methuselah by making his days indolent and useless. The more this is reflected upon, them ore the reflector will desire to undertake meaningful and useful actions, the more… — 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