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Who seeketh two strings to one bow, they may shoot strong, but never straight.
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
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Good Queen Bess
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Tudor
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Queen of England Elizabeth I
the Virgin Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elisabetta I
Queen of England Elisabeth I
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It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting.
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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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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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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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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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[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment.
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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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Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
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Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
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Hang Irish harpers wherever found.
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My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
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I am more afraid of making a fault in my Latin than of the Kings of Spain, France, Scotland, the whole House of Guise, and all of their confederates.
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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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A good face is the best letter of recommendation.
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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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I have no desire to make windows into men's souls.
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He that will forget God, will also forget his benefactors.
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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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Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst
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