Author of quotes: Catherine II the Great. Page 1

I have the honour to be a Russian,
I'm proud
I will protect My Homeland and language, and pen, and sword - while I have enough life...

No people, which would have to invent so many lies, absurdities and calumnies, as the Russian people.

Those who are not trained in youth, to old age is boring.

I praise loudly and blame softly.

Drunk people are easier to control!

A gracious hostess position is to be quiet, humble, constant, careful; diligent to God, the father and mother dutiful; and her husband to do lovingly and decently, small to teach children to justice and charity; to relatives and cousins to be courteous, kind speech listen willingly, lies and deceit to shun; not to be idle, but of fortitude on every product and frugal in spending.

Get to know the people, try to use them, don't commit myself to them indiscriminately; find the true dignity, even if it was on the edge of the world: for the most part it is modest and hides somewhere in the distance. Valour climbs out of the crowd, not the greedy, no fuss and allows you to forget about yourself.

Who is envious or wants this and that, that does not wait for the fun.

Russian people have a peculiar people in all the world, which is a hunch, mind, strength. I know this from twenty years of experience. God gave Russian special properties...believe, there shall rise a star of the East, where the need to Shine the light, for there (in Russia) more than anywhere it is stored under the ash of the spirit, power and strength.

I'll be an autocrat: that's my title. And the Lord God will forgive me: that's his job.

Happiness is not so blind as we imagine it. Often it is the result of a long series of measures, true and accurate, not seen by the crowd and prior to the event. And especially the happiness of individuals is a consequence of their qualities of character and personal conduct.

Such is the inevitable law, that the error is always after the truth.

People who sings and dances, not evil thinks.

The whole policy lies in three words: circumstances, the assumption of randomness... you Have to be very firm in his decisions, because only weak-minded indecisive!