| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Frederick the Great |
| | | Der Fürst ist nichts, als der erste Diener des Staates—The prince is nothing but the first servant of the state. | 1 |
| Ein unterrichtetes Volk lässt sich leicht regieren—An educated people can be easily governed. | 2 |
| I go through my appointed daily stage, and I care not for the curs who bark at me along the road. | 3 |
| Ich bin es müde, über Sklaven zu herrschen—I am tired of ruling over slaves. | 4 |
| If there were only one religion in the world, it would be haughtily and licentiously despotic. | 5 |
| Il faut en affrontant l’orage / Penser, vivre et mourir en roi—I must in face of the storm think, live, and die as a king. | 6 |
| In meinem Staate kann jeder nach seiner Façon selig werden—In my dominions every one may be happy in his own fashion. | 7 |
| La montagne est passée, nous irons mieux—We are over the hill; we shall go better now. His last words. | 8 |
| Les âmes privilégiées rangent à l’égal des souverains—Privileged souls rank on a level with princes. | 9 |
| Les talents sont distribués par la nature, sans égard aux généalogies—Talents go by nature, not by birth. | 10 |
| Penser, vivre, et mourir en roi—To think, live, and die as a king. | 11 |
| Sacrificio dell’ intelletto—Sacrifice of intellect. To D’Alembert. | 12 |
| Wenn Moses nicht bei Aaron ist, so macht Aaron—Kälber—If Moses is not with Aaron, then Aaron makes him—calves. | 13 |
| Why such heat (crushing superstition)? Other nonsense, quite equal to it, will be almost sure to follow. To Voltaire. | 14 |
| Wollt ihr immer leben?—Would you live for ever? To his guards, on their complaining of what they thought exposure to unnecessary danger. | 15 | | |
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