Catherine the Great:

I never had a moment of repose in my life, and I have never had a moment of idleness.

— Catherine the Great Early Modern

Russian Empress, expansion

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"A great many things are often said and believed about me that are not true."

"I have a reputation for being a very difficult woman, but I am not."

"I have always been a woman, and I have always been a queen."

"I like to praise and to reward, but I detest to punish."

"To be great, one must be cruel."

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