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87 Prussian Quotes
87 Prussian Quotes
Alexander von Humboldt
Nature
Soothing
Mind
Tormented
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A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
Frederick The Great
Crown
Merely
Hat
Rain
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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 Great
Nowadays
Shame
Marry
Mother
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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.
Frederick The Great
Greatest
Truth
Noblest
Pleasure
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Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score
Frederick The Great
Diplomacy
Arms
Concert
Score
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He who defends everything, defends nothing.
Frederick The Great
Defends
Everything
Nothing
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Frederick The Great
See
More
Men
Better
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Frederick The Great
Greatest
Things
Achieved
Take
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All religions must be tolerated ... every man must go to heaven in his own way.
Frederick The Great
Religion
Tolerated
Man
Heaven
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Frederick The Great
Diplomacy
Military
Might
Music
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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 Great
Been
Said
General
Establishment
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A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.
Frederick The Great
Man
Cold-blood
Torture
Innocent
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It is pardonable to be defeated, but never to be surprised.
Frederick The Great
Pardonable
Defeated
Never
Surprised
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Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.
Frederick The Great
Great
Advantage
Knowledge
Adversary
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Frederick The Great
Every-man
Wild-beast
Within
Him
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Frederick The Great
More
Than
Seem
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My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to do what they please, and I am to do what I please.
Frederick The Great
People
Agreement
Satisfies
Please
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A man with his heart in his profession imagines and finds resources where the worthless and lazy despair.
Frederick The Great
Man
Heart
Profession
Imagines
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Though I may not be a king in my future life, so much the better: I shall nevertheless live an active life and, on top of it, earn less ingratitude.
Frederick The Great
King
Future-life
Active
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Frederick The Great
Many
Battles
Fought
Won
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I love opposition that has convictions.
Frederick The Great
I
Love
Opposition
Conviction
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Frederick The Great
Pleasure
Real
Good
Life
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God is always with the strongest battalions.
Frederick The Great
God
Always
Strongest
Battalions
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The people say what they like and then I do what I like
Frederick The Great
People
Say
What
Like
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An educated people can be easily governed.
Frederick The Great
Educated
People
Easily
Governed
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Man is made for error; it enters his mind naturally, and he discovers a few truths only with the greatest effort.
Frederick The Great
Man
Made
Error
Mind-naturally
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Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make your timid.
Frederick The Great
Always
Presume
Enemy
Dangerous
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No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress.
Frederick The Great
Government
Exist
Taxation
Levied
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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.
Frederick The Great
Greatest
Truth
Noblest
Pleasure
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Being goal directed is not enough to conquer your enemy. To achieve your goal you need to know and be able to utilize all the resources available to you. This includes the knowledge of all those available to you as well as using the physical resources and those who control them.
Frederick The Great
Goal
Directed
Conquer
Enemy
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There are three stages of scientific discovery: first people deny it is true; then they deny it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.
Alexander von Humboldt
Stages
Scientific
Discovery
People
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Alexander von Humboldt
True
Enjoyment
Activity
Mind
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The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.
Alexander von Humboldt
Government
Best
Makes
Unnecessary
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I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.
Alexander von Humboldt
Convinced
Happiness
Unhappiness
Depends
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However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
Alexander von Humboldt
Great
Evil
Immorality
Forget
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If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions on the human mind.
Alexander von Humboldt
Glance
Important
Revolutions
Greatest
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How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.
Alexander von Humboldt
Person
Masters
Fate
Important
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Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household.
Alexander von Humboldt
Citizen
Indifferent
Fellows
Husband
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War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene.
Alexander von Humboldt
War
Seems
Salutary
Phenomena
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Insight into universal nature provides an intellectual delight and sense of freedom that no blows of fate and no evil can destroy.
Alexander von Humboldt
Insight
Universal
Nature
Intellectual.delight
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It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.
Alexander von Humboldt
Usually
Important
Man
Meets
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Collaboration operates through a process in which the successful intellectual achievements of one person arouse the intellectual passions and enthusiasms of others.
Alexander von Humboldt
Collaborate
Operate
Process
Successful
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There are some races more cultured and advanced and ennobled by education than others; but there are no races nobler than others. All are equally destined for freedom.
Alexander von Humboldt
Education
Races
Cultured
Advance
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Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.
Alexander von Humboldt
Only
Wrought
Character
Life
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Alexander von Humboldt
Animals
Man
Alertness
Diminishes
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The philosophical study of nature endeavors, in the the vicissitudes of phenomena, to connect the present with the past.
Alexander von Humboldt
Philosophical
Nature
Endeavors
Vicissitudes
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Alexander von Humboldt
Nature
Soothing
Tormented
Mind
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The most dangerous worldviews are the worldviews of those who have never viewed the world.
Alexander von Humboldt
Dangerous
Worldview
Never
Viewed
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Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people.
Alexander von Humboldt
Cruelty
Animals
Significant
Vices
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If we say we trust in Him, but in reality do not, then God, taking us at our word, lets us see that we do not really confide in Him, and hence failure arises.
George Muller
We trust
Reality
God
Word
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