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
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.
heart men not-afraid
I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.
men smoking gold
I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold.
educational eye sight
Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age.
queens stones ends
[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.
adversity prosperity
Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends.
work integrity done
If our web be framed with rotten handles, when our loom is well nigh done, our work is new to begin. God send the weaver true prentices again, and let them be denizens.
queens scots lows
[On being told Mary, Queen of Scots, was taller than she:] Then she is too high, for I myself am neither too high nor too low.
men littles wit
[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment.
affection
Affection! Affection is false.
found harper
Hang Irish harpers wherever found.
queens self oxford
[To Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, on his return from self-imposed exile, occasioned by the embarrassing flatulence he had experienced in the presence of the Queen:] My Lord, I had forgot the fart.