Quotes about Catherine II

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

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

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

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

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I am one of the people who love the why of things.

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For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling...

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Your wit makes others witty.

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The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

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Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

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

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