I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.
More quotes from Catherine II
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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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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