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{mb_by_number_of_quotes} Quotes by Catherine II
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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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The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
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I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.
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In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
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I shall be an autocrat: that’s my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that’s his.
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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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I am one of the people who love the why of things.
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Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30.
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- 9.
Your wit makes others witty.
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Power without a nation’s confidence is nothing.
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I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.
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