Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Iwas Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth7 September 1533
CityGreenwich, England
sight views world
we Princes are set as it were upon stages, in the sight and view of all the world. The least spot is soon spied in our garments, a blemish quickly noticed in our doings.
settling parliament duty
[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.
bogs world over-it
They best pass over the world who trip over it quickly; for it is but a bog. If we stop, we sink.
care wavering woe
O Fortune, how thy restless, wavering state has fraught with cares my troubled wit!
memories reading pruning
I pluck up the good lissome herbs of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, digest them by musing, and lay them up at length in the high seat of memory.
joy doubt exile
The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy.
freedom sea rights
The sea, as well as the air, is a free and common thing to all; and a particular nation cannot pretend to have the right to the exclusion of all others, without violating the rights of nature and public usage.
daughter debate argument
The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.
leadership feet should
It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head.
mind opinion swerve
Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.