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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

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

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

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

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

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 more thoughts from John Millington Synge

3 more thoughts from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 sayings from William Butler Yeats

28 sayings from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other quotes from Dave Barry

27 other quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 views from Winston Churchill

74 views from Winston Churchill