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Catherine The Great quotes: Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

Catherine The Great quotes: Very early it was noticed that I had a good memory; therefore I was insistently tormented with learning everything by heart.

Very early it was noticed that I had a good memory; therefore I was insistently tormented with learning everything by heart.

Catherine The Great quotes: Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful. Marguerite, Countess of Blessington I praise loudly; I blame softly.

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful. Marguerite, Countess of Blessington I praise loudly; I blame softly.

Catherine The Great quotes: 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 quotes: The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Catherine The Great quotes: All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism.

All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism.

Catherine The Great quotes: If Russians knew how to read they would write me off.

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

Catherine The Great quotes: I have no way to defend my borders but to extend them.

I have no way to defend my borders but to extend them.

Catherine The Great quotes: 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 quotes: A great wind is blowing and that either gives you imagination ... or a headache.

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

Catherine The Great quotes: Self-interest usually brings injustice with it.

Self-interest usually brings injustice with it.

Catherine The Great quotes: I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.

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

Catherine The Great quotes: 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 quotes: The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly abolished.

The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly abolished.

Catherine The Great quotes: Your wit makes others witty.

Your wit makes others witty.

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 quotes: The most sure, but at the same time the most difficult expedient to mend the morals of the people, is a perfect system of education.

The most sure, but at the same time the most difficult expedient to mend the morals of the people, is a perfect system of education.

Catherine The Great quotes: Tell a thousand people to draft a letter, let them debate every phrase, and see how long it takes and what you get.

Tell a thousand people to draft a letter, let them debate every phrase, and see how long it takes and what you get.

Catherine The Great quotes: God, grant us our desires, and grant them quickly.

God, grant us our desires, and grant them quickly.

Catherine The Great quotes: You were in a mood to quarrel. Please inform me once the inclination passes.

You were in a mood to quarrel. Please inform me once the inclination passes.

Catherine The Great quotes: What right can give anyone authority to inflict torture upon a citizen when it is still unknown whether he is innocent or guilty?

What right can give anyone authority to inflict torture upon a citizen when it is still unknown whether he is innocent or guilty?

Catherine The Great quotes: All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!

All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!

Catherine The Great quotes: I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.

I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.

Catherine The Great quotes: Don't worry about things you cannot alter

Don't worry about things you cannot alter

Catherine The Great quotes: If I may venture to be frank I would say about myself that I was every inch a gentleman ...

If I may venture to be frank I would say about myself that I was every inch a gentleman ...

Catherine The Great quotes: I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.

I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.

Catherine The Great quotes: I am one of the people who love the why of things.

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

Catherine The Great quotes: Your wits make others witty.

Your wits make others witty.

Catherine The Great quotes: 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 quotes: I will live to make myself not feared.

I will live to make myself not feared.

Catherine The Great quotes: 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 quotes: Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

Catherine The Great quotes: I praise loudly. I blame softly.

I praise loudly. I blame softly.

Catherine The Great quotes: In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

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

Catherine The Great quotes: One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can.

One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can.