Frederick The Great/reign 1740%e2%80%931786

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    “It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.”
    —Frederick The Great (1712–1786)

    “Don’t forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.”
    —Frederick The Great (1712–1786)

    “Only
    With words and people and love you move at ease.”
    —John Frederick Nims (b. 1913)

    “The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience.”
    —Camille Paglia (b. 1947)