My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to do what they please, and I… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
Everybody is using coffee. If possible, this must be prevented. My people must drink beer. — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
Little minds try to defend everything at once, but sensible people look at the main point only; they parry the worst blows… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
It is disgusting to note the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects and the amount of money that… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
I think it better to keep a profound silence with regard to the Christian fables, which are canonized by their antiquity and… — 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
