Author: Catherine the Great

Quotes

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.

- Catherine the Great

I praise loudly. I blame softly.

I praise loudly. I blame softly.

- Catherine the Great

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

- Catherine the Great

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

- Catherine the Great

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

- Catherine the Great

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.

- Catherine the Great

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.

- Catherine the Great

Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30.

Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30.

- Catherine the Great

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

- Catherine the Great

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