Elizabeth I

10 quotes

Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603, known as the Virgin Queen, who presided over the Elizabethan era.

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

“The queen of Scots is this day lighter of a fair son, and I am but a barren stock.”

“All my possessions for a moment of time.”

“I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.”

“Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with your loves.”

“A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.”

“The past cannot be cured.”

“There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be a marvel in a man learning to hold his tongue.”

“I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.”

“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.”