Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great
Catherine II of Russia, also known as Catherine the Great, was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67. Born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, she came to power following a coup d'état when her husband, Peter III, was assassinated. Russia was revitalized under her reign, growing larger and stronger than ever and becoming recognized as one of the great powers...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth2 May 1729
CitySzczecin, Poland
CountryRussian Federation
Catherine the Great quotes about
Experience shows that the frequent use of severe punishment has never rendered a people better. The death of a criminal is a less effective means of restraining crimes than the permanent example of a man deprived of his liberty during the whole of his life to make amends for the injury he has done to the public.
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.
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.
Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.
The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
I am one of the people who love the why of things.
Don't worry about things you cannot alter
I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.
I will live to make myself not feared.
You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.
Your wit makes others witty.
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30.