“ In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. Catherine the Great
“ 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. Catherine the Great
“ One cannot always know what children are thinking. Children are hard to understand, especially when careful training has a custom them to obedience and experience has made them cautious in conversatio… Catherine the Great
“ I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his. Catherine the Great
“ One cannot always know what children are thinking. Children are hard to understand, especially when careful training has accustomed them to obedience, and experience has made them cautious in their co… Catherine the Great
