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A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
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Queen Of England
Greenwich Palace
The Virgin Queen
Gloriana
Good Queen Bess
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Tudor
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elizabeth I
the Virgin Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elisabetta I
Queen of England Elisabeth I
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[To Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, on his return from self-imposed exile, occasioned by the embarrassing flatulence he had experienced in the presence of the Queen:] My Lord, I had forgot the fart.
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I would not open windows into men's souls.
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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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Words are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.
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O Fortune, how thy restless, wavering state has fraught with cares my troubled wit!
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we Princes are set as it were upon stages, in the sight and view of all the world. The least spot is soon spied in our garments, a blemish quickly noticed in our doings.
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Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
Elizabeth I
A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food.
Elizabeth I
Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
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Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.
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[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.
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Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.
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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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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.
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There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.
Elizabeth I
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.
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Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
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The word must is not to be used to princes.
Elizabeth I
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.
Elizabeth I
[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!
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