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Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
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
Queen of England Bess
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My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
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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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I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.
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Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
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Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.
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The word must is not to be used to princes.
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Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
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God forgive you, but I never can.
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I pluck up the good lissome herbs of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, digest them by musing, and lay them up at length in the high seat of memory.
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It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head.
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Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects.
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I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
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A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food.
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It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression.
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For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.
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I would not open windows into men's souls.
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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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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.
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