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

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Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
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Who seeketh two strings to one bow, they may shoot strong, but never straight.
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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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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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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 monstrous that the feet should direct the head.
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Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
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Mr. Doctor, that loose gown becomes you so well I wonder your notions should be so narrow.
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Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself.
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I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
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The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy.
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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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[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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The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.
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