Rascals, would you live forever? - Frederick II of Prussia

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Rascals, would you live forever?

Frederick II of Prussia

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About Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II of Prussia (January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. He was also known as Friedrich der Große (Frederick the Great)

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Native Name: Friedrich II. der Große

Alternative Names: Frederick the Great • The Old Fritz • Frederick II • Father Fritz

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(About Cesare Borgia) What cruelties were not the result of his? Who could count all his crimes? Such was the man that Machiavel prefers to all the great geniuses of his time, and to the heroes of antiquity, and of which he finds the life and action make a good example for those that fortune favors.

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.

It is a fact that princes who try to raise other princes with violence, end up destroying themselves.