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
friends adversity special
It has been always held for a special principle in friendship that prosperity provideth but adversity proveth friends ...
able affection fear-of-death
I have never been able to be so allured by the prospect of advantages or so terrified by misfortunes, swayed by honours or fettered by affection, nay not even so smitten by the fear of death, as to enter upon marriage.
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.
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.
art expression self
It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression.
queen-of-england
Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be
teaching tongue would-be
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue
bored faults life-is
Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself.
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.
government might wit
Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
queens son may
Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.
war enemy danger
Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.
jest trade
It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting.