A man who is too sensitive to the world and too much given to reflection will find it hard to endure the slings and arrows of misfortune.
Prussian king
A man who is too sensitive to the world and too much given to reflection will find it hard to endure the slings and arrows of misfortune.
Prussian king
From his philosophical writings, likely 'Anti-Machiavel' or 'Letters to his friends'
c. 1740s-1780s
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