Elizabeth I of England Short Quotes

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The daughter of debate, that eke discord doth sow.

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The true sin against the Holy Ghost is ingratitude.

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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

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This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.

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I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
Statement to the envoy of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg while discussing a proposal of marriage to the duke's son, Christoph

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Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.

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A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

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[To the Countess of Nottingham] God may forgive you, but I never can.

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Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man!

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I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.

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Much suspected by me,
Nothing proved can be,
Quoth Elizabeth prisoner.

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Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.

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My seat has been the seat of kings, and I will have no rascal to succeed me.

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Eyes of youth have sharp sight, but commonly not so deep as those of elder age.

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I think that, at the worst, God has not yet ordained that England shall perish.

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Who seeketh two strings to one bow, they may shoot strong, but never straight...

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I am and am not; freeze, and yet I burn,
Since from myself my other self I turn.

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Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

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The queen of Scots is this day leichter of a fair son, and I am but a barren stock.

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I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.

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I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

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It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.

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I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

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Mr. Doctor, that loose gown becomes you so well I wonder your notions should be so narrow.

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There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue

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Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my Crown, that I have reigned with your loves.

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I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children.

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To be a king and wear a crown is more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasure to them that bear it...

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Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.

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I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.

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