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Words are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.
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
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Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Tudor
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the Virgin Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elisabetta I
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I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
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Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith: it is the price of love.
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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.
Elizabeth I
I don't keep a dog and bark myself.
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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.
Elizabeth I
Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
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The word must is not to be used to princes.
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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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My seat has been the seat of kings, and I will have no rascal to succeed me.
Elizabeth I
I may not be a lion,but I am lions cub and I have lion's heart
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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
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Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
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As for me, I see no such great cause why I should either be fond to live or fear to die. I have had good experience of this world, and I know what it is to be a subject and what to be a sovereign. Good neighbours I have had, and I have met with bad: and in trust I have found treason.
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Who seeketh two strings to one bow, they may shoot strong, but never straight.
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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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Hang Irish harpers wherever found.
Elizabeth I
I cannot find it in me to fear a man who took ten years a learning of his alphabet.
Elizabeth I
The end crowneth the work.
Elizabeth I
My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.
Elizabeth I
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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