“(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 republic which is only 48 miles length by 40 wide. But this small body is the very nerve-center of the region: immense people live in it, and these industrious people are both powerful and rich. They… — Frederick the Great Copy Share
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 this does not fight this unhappy provision of his soul during his youth, under no circumstances could he a void becoming furious - and foolish. There are those who would leave it up to God, but… — Frederick the Great Copy Share
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