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
heart lions may
I may not be a lion,but I am lions cub and I have lion's heart
eye lord old-testament
This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
brave scary soldier
God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.
hate wish demise
My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.
stupid past fool
A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
strength reality hands
A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.
queen-of-england
Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be
art expression self
It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression.
children believe people
I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children.
lying hate grieving
I grieve and dare not show my discontent, I love and yet am forced to seem to hate, I do, yet dare not say I ever meant, I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate. I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned, Since from myself another self I turned. My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
fear world sovereign
As for me, I see no such great cause why I should either be fond to live or fear to die. I have had good experience of this world, and I know what it is to be a subject and what to be a sovereign. Good neighbours I have had, and I have met with bad: and in trust I have found treason.
men dozen shoulders
One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.
drinking disease poison
When we hang on to resentments, we poison ourselves. As compulsive overeaters, we cannot afford resentment, since it exacerbates our disease.
kings angel should-have
Kings were wont to honour philosophers, but if I had such I would honour them as angels that should have such piety in them that they would not seek where they are the second to be the first, and where the third to be the second and so forth.