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Catherine the Great
I am one...
I am one of the people who love the why of things.
Source: Letter, 20 Jan...
A great wind...
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
I may be...
I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at...
You philosophers are...
You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the...
I praise loudly,...
I praise loudly, I blame softly
Source: Letter, 23 Aug 1794.
-- Catherine the...
In my position...
In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read . ....
Your wits make...
Your wits make others witty.
Source: Letter to Voltaire, In The Complete Works of...
For to tempt...
For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied . . . whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter,...
I shall be...
I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and that good Lord will forgive me, that's his.
Power without a...
Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...