Frederick The Great/reign 1740-1786

Famous quotes containing the words frederick the great, frederick the, frederick and/or reign:

    “It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.”
    —Frederick The Great (1712–1786)

    “Don’t forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.”
    —Frederick The Great (1712–1786)

    “Only
    With words and people and love you move at ease.”
    —John Frederick Nims (b. 1913)

    “I am monarch of all I survey;
    My right there is none to dispute;
    From the center all round to the sea
    I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
    O Solitude! where are the charms
    That sages have seen in thy face?
    Better dwell in the midst of alarms,
    Than reign in this horrible place.”
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)