All Elizabeth I Quotes
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
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I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.
Elizabeth I
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I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
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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I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
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 do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.
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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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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Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.
Elizabeth I
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It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.
Elizabeth I
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Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.
Elizabeth I
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Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
Elizabeth I
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