Frederick the Great's Quotes and Phrases

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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.

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

Rogues, would you live forever?

An educated people can be easily governed.

It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.

Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.

Fun Fact: Frederick is often remembered as the father of Prussian militarism, but Prussia's location as a border state between larger empires meant that frequent wars were hardly a new phenomenon. Still, Frederick's long reign unified Enlightenment rationalism and military tradition, yielding a highly trained army and a militaristic system of public education.

Frederick's greatest admirers tended to be those with large continental ambitions. Napoleon made a special visit to Frederick's tomb in 1806 after defeating Prussia's army, and Hitler hid the king's body in a salt mine during the allied bombings of World War II.
*drop water Bottle* WWWHHHHHAAATTTTT??!!?!?!?!
The world's infamous and most hated man hid the body of the One of the world's greatest leaders in a mine?!?!

Huh
What an interesting fact....

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