Frederick the Great
Royalty
1712-01-24
Quotes by Frederick the Great
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Nowadays it is seen as a shame, to marry a girl who is a mother, who has never been married. I want to get rid of that prejudice.
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If the men were without passions, it would be forgivable to see Machiavel try to give some to them; he would be the new [[Prometheus]] bringing celestial fire to breathe life into robots. But no man is without passions. When they are moderated, they are the heart of the enterprise; but when the brake is stripped of them, they are its destruction.
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A prince ... is only the first servant of the state, who is obliged to act with probity and prudence. ... As the sovereign is properly the head of a family of citizens, the father of his people, he ought on all occasions to be the last refuge of the unfortunate.
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It is enough, this malicious man tells us, to extinguish the line of the defeated prince. Can one read this without quivering in horror and indignation?
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Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score
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It is enough, this malicious man tells us, to extinguish the line of the defeated prince. Can one read this without quivering in horror and indignation?
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If the men were without passions, it would be forgivable to see Machiavel try to give some to them; he would be the new [[Prometheus]] bringing celestial fire to breathe life into robots. But no man is without passions. When they are moderated, they are the heart of the enterprise; but when the brake is stripped of them, they are its destruction.
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Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score
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A prince ... is only the first servant of the state, who is obliged to act with probity and prudence. ... As the sovereign is properly the head of a family of citizens, the father of his people, he ought on all occasions to be the last refuge of the unfortunate.
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Nowadays it is seen as a shame, to marry a girl who is a mother, who has never been married. I want to get rid of that prejudice.
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If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army.
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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.
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Every man has a wild beast within him.
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God is always with the strongest battalions.
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