Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 45

[cahn]

Unfortunately, there was then at Berlin a King who pursued one policy only, who deceived his enemies, but not his servants, and who lied without scruple, but never without necessity.

(from The King's Secret - by Duke de Broglie, grand-nephew of the subject of the book, Comte de Broglie, and grandfather of the physicist) )

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Re: Trashy Faves and Poisons

[cahn]

Ha, those Latin teachers! ...What did Abelard teach Heloise? :)

Heh, so Heinrich might not have been so great at balancing the budget (given that he had to ask Fritz for money, right?) but at least, yeah. :)