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[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!
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
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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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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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I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money are punished, and those ought to be still more severely dealt with who steal away or falsify the good name of a prince.
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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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[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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Words are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.
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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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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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There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue
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I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.
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