A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
From Frederick the Great
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.
The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army.
Rogues, would you live forever?
What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?
Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.
Every man has a wild beast within him.
Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
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