You should know our mania for building is stronger than ever. It is a diabolical thing. It consumes money and the more you build, the more you want to build. It's a sickness like being addicted to alcohol.
I will live to make myself not feared. - Catherine The Great
I will live to make myself not feared.
- Catherine The Great
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 be… - Catherine The Great
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 be…
The more a man knows, the more he forgives. - Catherine The Great
The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion tha… - Catherine The Great
The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion tha…
it is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it. - Catherine The Great
it is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.
Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you. - Catherine The Great
Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.
I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed. - Catherine The Great
I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. - Catherine The Great
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
I am one of the people who love the why of things. - Catherine The Great
I am one of the people who love the why of things.
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