List of Catherine the Great Quotes

To Tempt, And To Be Tempted, Are Things Very Nearly Allied, And, In Spite Of The Finest Maxims Of Morality Impressed Upon The Mind, Whenever Feeling Has Anything To Do In The Matter, No Sooner Is It Excited Than We Have Already Gone Vastly Farther Than We Are Aware Of, And I Have Yet To Learn How It Is Possible To Prevent Its Being Excited.

Your Wit Makes Others Witty.

Praise Is The Only Gift For Which People Are Really Grateful. Marguerite, Countess Of Blessington I Praise Loudly; I Blame Softly.

In My Position You Have To Read When You Want To Write And To Talk When You Would Like To Read.

Assuredly Men Of Merit Are Never Lacking At Any Time, For Those Are The Men Who Manage Affairs, And It Is Affairs That Produce The Men. I Have Never Searched, And I Have Always Found Under My Hand The Men Who Have Served Me, And For The Most Part I Have Been Well Served.

I Praise Loudly And I Blame Softly.

God, Grant Us Our Desires, And Grant Them Quickly.

The Use Of Torture Is Contrary To Sound Judgment And Common Sense. Humanity Itself Cries Out Against It, And Demands It To Be Utterly Abolished.

What Right Can Give Anyone Authority To Inflict Torture Upon A Citizen When It Is Still Unknown Whether He Is Innocent Or Guilty?

Your Wits Make Others Witty.

Tell A Thousand People To Draft A Letter, Let Them Debate Every Phrase, And See How Long It Takes And What You Get.

To Tempt And Be Tempted Are Closely Allied; And In Spite Of All The Finest Moral Maxims Buried In The Mind, When Emotion Interferes, When Feeling Makes Its Appearance, One Is Already Much Further Involved That One Realizes, And I Have Still Not Learnt How To Prevent Its Appearance.