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.
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ELIZABETH I I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am e...
ELIZABETH I Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! thy father, if he had been ...
ELIZABETH I The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow.
ELIZABETH I 'Twas God the word that spake it,
He took the bread and brake it,
And what the word did make i...
ELIZABETH I If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen...
ELIZABETH I Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
ELIZABETH I It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.
ELIZABETH I A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
ELIZABETH I There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, an...
ELIZABETH I If we still advise we shall never do.
ELIZABETH I Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst.
ELIZABETH I Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily ...
ELIZABETH I The word must is not to be used to princes.
ELIZABETH I The end crowneth the work.
ELIZABETH I A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
ELIZABETH I Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
ELIZABETH I One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.
ELIZABETH I God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at lea...
ELIZABETH I God forgive you, but I never can.
ELIZABETH I I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that ...
ELIZABETH I The past cannot be cured.
ELIZABETH I The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.
ELIZABETH I I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.
ELIZABETH I I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a pe...
ELIZABETH I I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
ELIZABETH I I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and o...
ELIZABETH I Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
ELIZABETH I All my possessions for a moment of time.
ELIZABETH I As for my own part I care not for death, for all men are mortal; and though I be a woman yet I have ...
ELIZABETH I I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
ELIZABETH I Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dan...
ELIZABETH I Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such s...
ELIZABETH I Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends ...
ELIZABETH I (Response to King Erik XIV of Sweden's proposal of marriage:)
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ELIZABETH I [F]rom my years of understanding ... I happily chose this kind of life in which I yet live [i.e., un...
ELIZABETH I [I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having...
ELIZABETH I There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die...
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ELIZABETH I All my possessions for a moment of time
ELIZABETH I If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
ELIZABETH I . . . Therefore I am wel pleased to take any coulor to defend your
honour and hope you wyl remember...
ELIZABETH I Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.
ELIZABETH I Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
ELIZABETH I As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.
ELIZABETH I My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be le...
ELIZABETH I I observe and remain silent.
ELIZABETH I I grieve and dare not show my discontent,
I love and yet am forced to seem to hate,
I do,...
ELIZABETH I And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resol...
ELIZABETH I I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, a...
ELIZABETH I There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that us...
ELIZABETH I I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
ELIZABETH I To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to th...
ELIZABETH I Madam, I may not call you; mistress I am ashamed to call you; and so I know not what to call you; bu...
ELIZABETH I There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let me defend myself; but from a pretensed fr...
ELIZABETH I I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes a...
ELIZABETH I A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.
ELIZABETH I I will make you shorter by the head.
ELIZABETH I This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
ELIZABETH I My care is like my shadow in the sun,
Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it,
Stands ...
ELIZABETH I A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND All my possessions for a moment of time.
ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND With domineering hand she moves the turning wheel,
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BOETHIUS - QUEEN ELIZABETH I TRANSLATION I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT) Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her.
FRANCIS I Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.
STANISLAUS I Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to ma...
BAUDOUIN I Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
NAPOLEON I When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
GREGORY I One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The su...
I CHING The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and rema...
I CHING Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, p...
I CHING Before a thunderstorm there is a build-up of tension which is only relieved by the explosive force o...
I CHING Creativity comes from awakening and directing men's higher natures, which originate in the primal de...
I CHING The way of the creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its tru...
I CHING Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such re...
I CHING The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances bo...
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I CHING He who possesses the source of enthusiasm will achieve great things. Doubt not. You will gather frie...
I CHING Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.
Let justice be done, though the world perish.
FERDINAND I Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.
CHARLES I It takes twenty years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only twenty seconds of war to destroy...
BAUDOUIN I Everything proceeds as if of its own accord, and this can all too easily tempt us to relax and let t...
I CHING In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings ...
FAROUK I Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.
CHARLES I When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty
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EYDEN I. Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.
STANISLAUS I To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it.
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Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan.
Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment.
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The guilty catch themselves.
Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into.
If happiness could be brought, few of us could pay the price.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it.
Hate pollutes the mind.
If we miraculously became the people we hate, how lovable we would find ourselves.
To feel "fit as a fiddle" you must tone down your middle.
Our health always seems much more valuable after we lose it.
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Honesty is a question of right or wrong, not a matter of policy.
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People who know the least always argue the most.
If you look for the positive things in life; you will find them.
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Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes
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