Catherine II

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

— Catherine II

#brave #courage #disaster #even #i

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

— Catherine II

#however #intensely #love #make #men

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. ↗

— Catherine II

#already #anything #aware #excited #farther

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

— Catherine II

#i #i am #love #people #things

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

— Catherine II

#i #like #loudly #praise #quietly

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

— Catherine II

#forgive #forgive me #give me #good #good lord

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

— Catherine II

#position #read #talk #want #would

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. ↗

— Catherine II

#circumstances #conjectures #guided #must #politics

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing. ↗

— Catherine II

#confidence #nation #nothing #without

The more a man knows, the more he forgives. ↗

— Catherine II

#knows #man #more