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I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.

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Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.

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I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

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God forgive you, but I never can.

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The word must is not to be used to princes.

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I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children.

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There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible.

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Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.

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He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.

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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.

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I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.

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If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

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Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

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I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.

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A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

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I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

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All my possessions for a moment of time.

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I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.

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Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst.

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One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

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