„Eine Regierung muss sparsam sein, weil das Geld, das sie erhält, aus dem Blut und Schweiß ihres Volkes stammt. Es ist gerecht, dass jeder einzelne dazu beiträgt, die Ausgaben des Staates tragen zu helfen. Aber es ist nicht gerecht, dass er die Hälfte seines jährlichen Einkommens mit dem Staate teilen muss.
Frederick the GreatTag: taxes
Nowadays it is seen as a shame, to marry a girl who is a mother, who has never been married. I want to get rid of that prejudice.
Frederick the GreatTag: feminism single-mothers unlawful-children
A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
Frederick the GreatDiplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score
Frederick the GreatTag: politics
Books make up no small part of human happiness.
Frederick the GreatThe 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.
Frederick the GreatTag: pleasure truths prejudices
It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly, that being the basis and foundation of all operations
Frederick the GreatQuand je serai là, je serai sans souci
Frederick the GreatHe who defends everything, defends nothing.
Frederick the GreatAs 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 maintain the existence of Nothing.
[Letter to Voltaire, 25 Nov. 1777]
Tag: physics isaac-newton absurdity nothing void first-law-of-motion
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