Frederick the Great Men Quotations

Man is made for error; it enters his mind naturally, and he discovers a few truths only with the greatest effort.

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.

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

Every man must get to Heaven his own way.

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.

As to your Newton, I confess I do not understand his void and his gravity; I admit he has demonstrated the movement of the heavenly bodies with more exactitude than his forerunners; but you will admit it is an absurdity to to maintain the existence of Nothing.

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.

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.

An educated people can be easily governed.

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.

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

All religions must be tolerated ... every man must go to heaven in his own way. [Die Religionen müssen alle toleriert werden ... denn hier muss ein jeder nach seiner Fasson selig werden.]

Every man has a wild beast within him.

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.