Occupation: Historian Birth: March 9, 1749 Death: April 2, 1791
Never let me hear that foolish word again..
Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it..
Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion..
To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem..
If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich..
None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness..
I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world..
I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution..
Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls..
War is the national industry of Prussia..
When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control..
I know you will guess all I leave unsaid..
Nothing is impossible to the man who will.