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Elizabeth I [1533-1603] English

Rank: 101
Royalty

Death, Alone, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, God, Nature, Religion, Strength, Thankful, War, Work

Quote	Tags	Rank
I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.		101
The past cannot be cured.		102
The end crowneth the work.	Work	103
Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst.		104
A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.		105
God forgive you, but I never can.	Forgiveness, God	106
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.	Alone	107
To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.		108
I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.		109
One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.		110
I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.		111
Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.	Fear, Nature	112
Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.	Faith	113
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.		114
Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.	Death, War	115
I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!		116
Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.		117
Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.		118
My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.	Death	119
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.		120
Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.		121
There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible.		122
A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.	Strength	123
A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.		124
God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.		125
All my possessions for a moment of time.		126
I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.		201
Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.		202
There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.	Religion	203
Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.		204
Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.		205
I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.		206
I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.	Thankful	207
The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.		208
If we still advise we shall never do.		209
I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children.		210
The word must is not to be used to princes.		211
Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.		212
It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.		213
He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.		214

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