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

Famous quotes containing the words frederick the great, frederick the, frederick and/or reign:

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

    “Rogues, would you live forever?”
    —Frederick The Great (1712–1786)

    “Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
    Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;

    Bravest of all in Frederick town,
    She took up the flag the men hauled down;”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)