Catherine the Great Quotes

Russian - Royalty | April 21, 1729 - November 6, 1796

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

Catherine the Great

PoliticsCircumstancesCapableMust

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

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CourageSoulBraveYouDisasterBeg

I praise loudly. I blame softly.

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WisdomBlamePraiseSoftlyLoudly

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

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GreatImaginationWindYouHeadache

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

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ConfidencePowerNothingNation

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.

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BusinessI AmWillGentleLineMay

I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.

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BlameRewardPraiseLikeQuietly

If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off.

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MeWriteOffWouldReadKnew

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.

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MenI AmYouLivingLuckyWrite

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.

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FeelingMatterAnythingGoneExcited

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

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YouWantTalkWritePositionWould

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

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ManMoreKnowsHeForgives

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