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)
“Rogues, would you live forever?”
—Frederick The Great (1712–1786)
“Only
With words and people and love you move at ease.”
—John Frederick Nims (b. 1913)
“Fatalism, whose solving word in all crises of behavior is “All striving is vain,” will never reign supreme, for the impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race. Moral creeds which speak to that impulse will be widely successful in spite of inconsistency, vagueness, and shadowy determination of expectancy. Man needs a rule for his will, and will invent one if one be not given him.”
—William James (1842–1910)
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