15 Quotes & Sayings By Catherine The Great

Catherine the Great – Empress of Russia – was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 7, 1729. In her youth, she was known as "Madame Schmoltze" because she was so beautiful and flirtatious. She married Peter III, the King of Russia, when she was 16 years old and he was two years older than she Read more

The marriage to the former heir-apparent to the throne was a disaster from the start. Peter died after a reign of only 3 months. Catherine spent her life trying to avenge his death and terminate the House of Romanov, which had been ruling Russia since 1613.

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The more a man knows, the more he forgives. Catherine The Great
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A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. Catherine The Great
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One cannot always know what children are thinking. Children are hard to understand, especially when careful training has a custom them to obedience and experience has made them cautious in conversation with their teachers. Catherine The Great
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One cannot always know what children are thinking. Children are hard to understand, especially when careful training has accustomed them to obedience, and experience has made them cautious in their conversation with their teachers. Will you not draw from this the fine maxim that one should not scold children too much, but should make them trustful, so that they will not conceal their stupidities from us? . Catherine The Great
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A great wind is blowing and that gives you either imagination or a headache. Catherine The Great
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First health then wealth then pleasure and do not owe anything to anybody. Catherine The Great
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Power without [the people's] confidence is nothing. Catherine The Great
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I shall be an autocrat that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me that's his. Catherine The Great
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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
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Power without a nation's confidence is nothing. Catherine The Great
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I beg you take courage the brave soul can mend even disaster. Catherine The Great
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I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. Catherine The Great
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In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. Catherine The Great
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I praise loudly. I blame softly. Catherine The Great