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I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.

Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
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I am no lover of pompous title, but only desire that my name may be recorded in a line or two, which shall briefly express my name, my virginity, the years of my reign, the reformation of religion under it, and my preservation of peace.
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... [ellipsis in source] it is true that the world was made in six days, but it was by God, to whose power the infirmity of men isnot to be compared.
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[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!
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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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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 cannot find it in me to fear a man who took ten years a learning of his alphabet.
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He that will forget God, will also forget his benefactors.
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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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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 have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold.
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Princes have big ears which hear far and near.
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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 don't keep a dog and bark myself.
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A good face is the best letter of recommendation.
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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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