Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Catherine the Great Drama

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: Russian Empire
  • Born: May 2, 1729
  • Died: Nov 17, 1796

Catherine the Great is a 1934 British historical film based on the play The Czarina by Lajos Bíró and Melchior Lengyel, about the rise to power of Catherine the Great. It was directed by Paul Czinner, and stars Elisabeth Bergner as Catherine, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Grand Duke Peter, Dorothy Hale as Countess Olga, and Flora Robson as Empress Elizabeth.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing. power

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. politics

I beg you take courage the brave soul can mend even disaster. courage

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. business

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. imagination

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his. forgiveness

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 quotes from Robert Browning

22 quotes from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 thoughts from Honore de Balzac

53 thoughts from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 thoughts from Isadora Duncan

5 thoughts from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher

58 wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher