God is always with the strongest battalions.

Dieu est pour les gros escadrons.

Frederick the Great

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Topic

God's favor

Author

Frederick the Great

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1760 1760s 18th century

Occupation

King National leader Royalty

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Frederick the Great. Letter to the Duchess Luise Dorothea von Gotha. 8 May 1760.

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In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other.

Voltaire

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Topic
Purpose of government

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Voltaire
Source
Philosophical Dictionary
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1764 1760s 18th century
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Citation

Voltaire. "Argent [Money]." Dictionnaire Philosophique [Philosophical Dictionary]. c. 1764.

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There can be no progress (real, that is, moral) except in the individual and by the individual himself.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic
Personal growth Nature of progress Progress

Author

Charles Baudelaire
Language
French
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 15.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "My Heart Laid Bare." Late Fragments: Flares, My Heart Laid Bare, Prose Poems, Belgium Disrobed, translated by Richard Sieburth. Yale University Press, 2022, no. 15.