Frederick the Great:

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, upon pain of death, all the pleasures of youth.

— Frederick the Great Early Modern

Prussian king

From his correspondence or reflections on life

c. 1770s

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"I am tired of ruling over slaves."

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