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Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
Politician
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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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
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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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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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... [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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Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
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Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst
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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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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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Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
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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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O Fortune, how thy restless, wavering state has fraught with cares my troubled wit!
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A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
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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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Words are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.
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It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression.
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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 do not want a husband who honors me as a queen if he does not love me as a woman.
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I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
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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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It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head.
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