Tag: Elizabeth I
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God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.
Elizabeth I
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There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible.
Elizabeth I
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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 shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children.
Elizabeth I
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Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.
Elizabeth I
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There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.
Elizabeth I
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Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
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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Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.
Elizabeth I
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The past cannot be cured.
Elizabeth I