Saturday, 23 January 2021

24 January: Frederick the Great Quotes

Frederick the Great was born on this date in 1712. Here are 10 Frederick the Great quotes:

  1. He who defends everything defends nothing.
  2. A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
  3. The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
  4. If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army.
  5. All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven his own way.
  6. Great things are achieved only when we take great risks.
  7. The more I see of men, the better I like my dog.
  8. A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.
  9. Be more than you seem to be.
  10. It is pardonable to be defeated, but never to be surprised.


New Year New Reading Challenge?

I can help. Here are links to books which meet potential criteria:

A title with three words

A title with six words

A book with a number in the title

A book with a colour in the title

Short story collections/A book with a green cover

A book published in the last year/during lockdown

A book you can finish in a day/A book under 200 pages

A book featuring characters from a deck of cards

A Book set during Christmas

A book with a place in the title

A Debut novel


A book with a plant or flower on the cover/A book about siblings

A book with a female villain or criminal

Includes space travel

Features Royalty

Books featuring skiing or snowboarding

A book with the Olympic games in it

A book with a bird in the title

A book featuring a secret society

A book featuring time travel/alternative dimensions
Raiders Trilogy:

Books featuring superheroes

Books featuring ghosts

From an Indie Publisher/Self published/An author you've not read before/A female author/A genre you wouldn't normally read/A book outside your comfort zone/A book by an author with your initials and your initials are JH
All of them!

More details can be found here

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