Elizabeth I
10 quotes
“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.”