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Famous Elizabeth I Quotes
Source: Elizabeth I: Collected Works
“I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.”
“One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.”
“Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.”
“I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.”
Source: Elizabeth I: Collected Works
“A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.”
“Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.”
“Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.”
“Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.”
“I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.”