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Princes have big ears which hear far and near.

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 Tudor
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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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[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!
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A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food.
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Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
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I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
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Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.
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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.
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Hang Irish harpers wherever found.
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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.
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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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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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I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.
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If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.
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There is nothing in the world I hold in greater horror than to see a body moving against its head: and I shall be very careful notto ally myself with such a monster.
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I am already bound unto an husband, which is the kingdom of England.
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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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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.
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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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[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment.
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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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