“All my possessions for a moment of time.”
Elizabeth I
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“Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst.”
Elizabeth I
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“He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.”
Elizabeth I
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“It breedeth no small offence and scandal to see and consider upon the one part the curiosity and cost bestowed by all sorts of men upon their private houses; and on the other part the unclean and negligent order and spare keeping of the houses of prayer by permitting open decays and ruins of coverings of walls and windows, and by appointing unmeet and unseemly tables with foul cloths for the communion of the sacrament.”
Elizabeth I
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“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.”
Elizabeth I
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Marriage
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“Madame d’Estampes and Madame de Valentinois make me fear that I should be only honoured by my husband as a queen and not loved by him as a woman.”
Elizabeth I
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“I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.”
Elizabeth I
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“Although my royal rank causes me to doubt whether my kingdom is not more sought after than myself, yet I understand that you have found other graces in me.”
Elizabeth I
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Marriage
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“Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor’s son to marry.”
Elizabeth I
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“I think he and I should get married!”
Elizabeth I
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“I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!”
Elizabeth I
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“I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king–and of a King of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which, rather than any dishonour should grow by me, I myself will take up arms–I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.”
Elizabeth I
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“Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.”
Elizabeth I
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“My lord, the crown which I have borne so long has given enough of vanity in my time. I beseech you not to augment it in this hour when I am so near my death.”
Elizabeth I
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“The past cannot be cured.”
Elizabeth I
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“Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.”
Elizabeth I
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“Mr. Doctor, that loose gown becomes you so well I wonder your notions should be so narrow.”
Elizabeth I
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“Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.”
Elizabeth I
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“That milkmaid’s lot is better than mine, and her life merrier.”
Elizabeth I
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“I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.”
Elizabeth I
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Fear
