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

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Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith: it is the price of love.

Elizabeth I

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Men fight wars. Women win them.

Elizabeth I

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Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

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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Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself.

Elizabeth I

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I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

Elizabeth I

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I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

Elizabeth I

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The true sin against the Holy Ghost is ingratitude.

Elizabeth I

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Words are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.

Elizabeth I

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My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourself to armed multitudes for fear of treachery; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a King of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm.

Elizabeth I

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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

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I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money are punished, and those ought to be still more severely dealt with who steal away or falsify the good name of a prince.

Elizabeth I

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When we hang on to resentments, we poison ourselves. As compulsive overeaters, we cannot afford resentment, since it exacerbates our disease.

Elizabeth I

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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

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He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.

Elizabeth I

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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

Elizabeth I

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There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let me defend myself; but from a pretensed friend Lord deliver me

Elizabeth I

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There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue

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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It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head.

Elizabeth I

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