Frederick the Great
Frederick the Great
Frederick IIwas King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. His most significant accomplishments during his reign included his military victories, his reorganization of Prussian armies, his patronage of the Arts and the Enlightenment in Prussia, and his final success against great odds in the Seven Years' War. Frederick was the last titled King in Prussia and declared himself King of Prussia after achieving full sovereignty for all historical Prussian lands. Prussia had greatly increased its territories and became a leading...
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth24 January 1712
men errors effort
Man is made for error; it enters his mind naturally, and he discovers a few truths only with the greatest effort.
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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
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N]either antiquity nor any other nation has imagined a more atrocious and blasphemous absurdity than that of eating God. This is how Christians treat the autocrat of the universe.
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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.
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A king is the first servant and first magistrate of the state.
impossible imitation
It is impossible to imitate Voltaire without being Voltaire.
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To your care and recommendation am I indebted for having replaced a half-blind mathematician with a mathematician with both eyes, which will especially please the anatomical members of my Academy.
life heart men
A man with his heart in his profession imagines and finds resources where the worthless and lazy despair.
real pleasure this-life
Pleasure is the most real good in this life.
focus trying prussia
In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.
fashion war lasts
It is the fashion these days to make war, and presumably it will last a while yet.
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You will certainly grant me that neither antiquity nor whatever nation has devised a more repulsive and blasphemous absurdity than that of eating your God. This is the most disgusting dogma of Christian religion, the greatest insult to the Highest Being, the climax of madness and insanity.
men heaven individuality
Every man must get to Heaven his own way.
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Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer.