Absurdity Quote by Frederick The Great

“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

“The Miracle of the House of Brandenburg had come to pass.”

— Frederick the Great

“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

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

The people say what they like and then I do what I like

— Frederick The Great

“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

The more I see of men, the better I like my dog.

— Frederick The Great

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

If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.

— Frederick The Great

“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

A man with his heart in his profession imagines and finds resources where the worthless and lazy despair.

— Frederick The Great

Be more than you seem to be.

— Frederick The Great