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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.

  Elizabeth I

  Kings, Kindness, Long

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• The true sin against the Holy Ghost is ingratitude.

  Elizabeth I

  Gratitude, Ghost, Sin

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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.

  Elizabeth I

  Queens, Self, Oxford

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• I grieve and dare not show my discontent, I love and yet am forced to seem to hate, I do, yet dare not say I ever meant, I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate. I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned, Since from myself another self I turned. 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.

  Elizabeth I

  Hate, Lying, Grieving

  c.1582 'On Monsieur's Departure'.

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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.

  Elizabeth I

  Settling, Parliament, Duty

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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.

  Elizabeth I

  Kings, Latin, Scotland

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• Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age.

  Elizabeth I

  Educational, Eye, Sight

  Elizabeth I, Leah S. Marcus, Janel Mueller, Mary Beth Rose (2000). “Elizabeth I: Collected Works”, p.386, University of Chicago Press

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• A good face is the best letter of recommendation.

  Elizabeth I

  Letters, Faces, Recommendations

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• I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

  Elizabeth I

  Violence

  Speech to Members of Parliament, 5 Nov. 1566

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• Who seeketh two strings to one bow, they may shoot strong, but never straight.

  Elizabeth I

  Strong, Two, May

  Elizabeth I (2002). “Elizabeth I: Collected Works”, p.262, University of Chicago Press

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• God forgive you, but I never can.

  Elizabeth I

  Forgiving, God Forgives, Queen Of England

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• I will have here but one mistress and no master.

  Elizabeth I

  Mistress, Masters

  "The Wit and Wisdom of Queen Bess".

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• It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression.

  Elizabeth I

  Art, Self, Expression

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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

  World, Causes, Royalty

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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.

  Elizabeth I

  Kings, Reality, Crowns

  1601 Address to parliament. Quoted in G R Elton Renaissance and Reformation 1300-1648 (2nd edn, 1968), p.134.

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• The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.

  Elizabeth I

  Stones, Recoil, Throwers

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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.

  Elizabeth I

  Men, Smoking, Gold

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• I have no desire to make windows into men's souls.

  Elizabeth I

  Soul, Desire, Window

  "Fictional character: Elizabeth". "Elizabeth", www.imdb.com. 1998.

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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.

  Elizabeth I

  Suffering, Crowns, Reputation

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• There will never Queen sit in my seat with more zeal to my country, care to my subjects and that will sooner with willingness venture her life for your good and safety than myself. For it is my desire to live nor reign no longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had, and may have, many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have, any that will be more careful and loving.

  Elizabeth I

  Wise, Country, Queens

  Farewell Speech to the House of Commons, en.wikisource.org. November 30, 1601.

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• A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.

  Elizabeth I

  Stupid, Past, Too Late

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• I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

  Elizabeth I

  Hype, Deception, Praying

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• As for my own part I care not for death, for all men are mortal; and though I be a woman yet I have as good a courage answerable to my place as ever my father had. I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am indeed endowed 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.

  Elizabeth I

  Queens, Father, Men

  Elizabeth I (2002). “Elizabeth I: Collected Works”, p.97, University of Chicago Press

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• Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

  Elizabeth I

  Motivational, Witty, Anger

  To Sir Edward Dyer, in T. Tenison (ed.) 'Baconiana' (1679) Apophthegm 5

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• Affection! Affection is false.

  Elizabeth I

  Affection

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