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Frederick The Great Quotes

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A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in  (Frederick The Great Quotes) My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please  (Frederick The Great Quotes) It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly, that being the basis and foundation of all operations  (Frederick The Great Quotes) The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices  (Frederick The Great Quotes) A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species  (Frederick The Great Quotes) The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices  (Frederick The Great Quotes) It is disgusting to note the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects and the amount of money that goes out of the country in consequence. Everybody is using coffee. If possible, this must be prevented. My people must drink beer  (Frederick The Great Quotes) All religions must be tolerated... For every man must get to heaven in his own way  (Frederick The Great Quotes) Don’t forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings  (Frederick The Great Quotes) Though I may not be a king in my future life, so much the better: I shall nevertheless live an active life and, on top of it, earn less ingratitude  (Frederick The Great Quotes) If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army  (Frederick The Great Quotes) Theologians are all alike, of whatever religion or country they may be; their aim is always to wield despotic authority over men’s consciences; they therefore persecute all of us who have the temerity to tell the truth  (Frederick The Great Quotes) Euler calculated the force of the wheels necessary to raise the water in a reservoir... My mill was carried out geometrically and could not raise a drop of water fifty yards from the reservoir. Vanity of vanities! Vanity of geometry!  (Frederick The Great Quotes) Being goal directed is not enough to conquer your enemy. To achieve your goal you need to know and be able to utilize all the resources available to you. This includes the knowledge of all those available to you as well as using the physical resources and those who control them  (Frederick The Great Quotes) Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make your timid  (Frederick The Great Quotes) I am up and about when I am ill, and in the most appalling weather. I am on horseback when other men would be flat out on their beds, complaining. We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills  (Frederick The Great Quotes) No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress  (Frederick The Great Quotes) Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit of their heroism through a feeling of false security  (Frederick The Great Quotes) I have no fault to find with those who teach geometry. That science is the only one which has not produced sects; it is founded on analysis and on synthesis and on the calculus; it does not occupy itself with the probable truth; moreover it has the same method in every country  (Frederick The Great Quotes) Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness  (Frederick The Great Quotes) Little minds try to defend everything at once, but sensible people look at the main point only; they parry the worst blows and stand a little hurt if thereby they avoid a greater one. If you try to hold everything, you hold nothing  (Frederick The Great Quotes) A man with his heart in his profession imagines and finds resources where the worthless and lazy despair  (Frederick The Great Quotes) My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to do what they please, and I am to do what I please  (Frederick The Great Quotes)
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