Quote of the Day
It is reported here that the King of Prussia has gone mad and has been locked up. There would be nothing bad about that: at least that might of his would no longer be a menace, and you could breathe freely for a while. I much prefer madmen who are locked up to those who are not.
-Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694-1773)
British statesman, man of letters. Letter, June 23, 1732
(Frederick William I (1688-1740), father of Frederick the Great, had a reputation for psychopathic violence. He died shortly after this letter was written.)
<< Home