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It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting.
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
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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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Mr. Doctor, that loose gown becomes you so well I wonder your notions should be so narrow.
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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 have no desire to make windows into men's souls.
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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 am already bound unto an husband, which is the kingdom of England.
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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. Therefore I have cause to wish nothing more than to content the subject and that is a duty which I owe. Neither do I desire to live longer days than I may see your prosperity and that is my only desire.
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A good face is the best letter of recommendation.
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Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
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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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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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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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It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression.
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Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
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They best pass over the world who trip over it quickly for it is but a bog. If we stop, we sink.
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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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The word must is not to be used to princes.
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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
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I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
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