I shall be an autocrat: that’s my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that’s his. Catherine the Great Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Catherine the Great Read Quote
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. Catherine the Great Read Quote