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Frederick The Great
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It is the fashion these days to make war, and presumably it will last a while yet.
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If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.
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A king is the first servant and first magistrate of the state.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.
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A man with his heart in his profession imagines and finds resources where the worthless and lazy despair.
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Our work is to present things that are as they are.
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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.
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Christianity - An old metaphysical romance, filled with marvels, contradictions, and absurdity, born in the ardent imagination of Orientals, has spread into our Europe. Enthusiasts have purveyed it, careerists have pretended to accept it, imbeciles have believed it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Christianity is an old metaphysical fiction, stuffed with fables, contradictions and absurdities: it was spawned in the fevered imagination of the Orientals, and then spread to our Europe, where some fanatics espoused it, where some intriguers pretended to be convinced by it and where some imbeciles actually believed it.
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A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
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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.
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Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.
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