Quotes by Frederick the Great

Frederick the Great

King of Prussia (1740-1786)

Lived from: 1712 - 1786

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  • An educated people can be easily governed.
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  • Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
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  • Every man must get to Heaven his own way.
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  • I love opposition that has convictions.
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  • I must in the face of a storm, think, live and die as a king.
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  • If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.
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  • In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.
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  • It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.
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  • Our work is to present things that are as they are.
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  • Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
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  • Rogues, would you live forever?
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  • Talents go by nature not by birth.
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  • 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.
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  • The truth is always the strongest argument. Sophocles Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.
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  • They say that kings are made in the image of God. If that is what he looks like, I feel sorry for God.
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What are the most famous quotes from Frederick the Great?

The two most famous quotes from Frederick the Great are:

  • "An educated people can be easily governed."
  • "Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings."

When did Frederick the Great live?

Frederick the Great was born in 1712 and died in the year 1786.