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The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy.
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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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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Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.
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Hang Irish harpers wherever found.
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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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It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head.
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Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
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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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I cannot find it in me to fear a man who took ten years a learning of his alphabet.
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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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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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I will be as good unto ye as ever a Queen was unto her people. No will in me can lack, neither do I trust shall there lack any power. And persuade yourselves that for the safety and quietness of you all I will not spare if need be to spend my blood.
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Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst
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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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Who seeketh two strings to one bow, they may shoot strong, but never straight.
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Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like.
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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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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
Elizabeth I
A good face is the best letter of recommendation.
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