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I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
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Elizabeth I
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the Virgin Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elisabetta I
Queen of England Elisabeth I
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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. Therefore I have cause to wish nothing more than to content the subject and that is a duty which I owe. Neither do I desire to live longer days than I may see your prosperity and that is my only desire.
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Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
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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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Be always faithful to me, as I always desire to keep you in peace and if there have been wiser kings, none has ever loved you more than I have.
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Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
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Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
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I do not want a husband who honors me as a queen if he does not love me as a woman.
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I would not open windows into men's souls.
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It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression.
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Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
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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.
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It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting.
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[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!
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The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.
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The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy.
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I may not be a lion,but I am lions cub and I have lion's heart
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I will be as good unto ye as ever a Queen was unto her people. No will in me can lack, neither do I trust shall there lack any power. And persuade yourselves that for the safety and quietness of you all I will not spare if need be to spend my blood.
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If we still advise we shall never do.
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