Frederick The Great Inspirational Quotes (33)

As 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 to maintain the existence of Nothing.

Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe that coffee-drinking soldiers can be relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war.

You will certainly grant me that neither antiquity nor whatever nation has devised a more repulsive and blasphemous absurdity than that of eating your God. This is the most disgusting dogma of Christian religion, the greatest insult to the Highest Being, the climax of madness and insanity.

I think it better to keep a profound silence with regard to the Christian fables, which are canonized by their antiquity and the credulity of absurd and insipid people.

If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.

Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer.

It is disgusting to note the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects and the amount of money that goes out of the country in consequence. Everybody is using coffee. If possible, this must be prevented. My people must drink beer.

Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.

It is the fashion these days to make war, and presumably it will last a while yet.