21 ordspråk av Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I
A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
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All my possessions for a moment of time.
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Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.
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Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.
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Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
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God forgive you, but I never can.
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I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.
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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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I will make you shorter by the head.
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I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
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If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
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Madam, I may not call you; mistress I am ashamed to call you; and so I know not what to call you; but howsoever, I thank you.
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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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she almost reluctantly learns to admire her strength and convictions as another powerful, determined woman.
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The past cannot be cured.
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