Author: Elizabeth I

Quotes

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

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

- Elizabeth I

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.

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.

- Elizabeth I

All my possessions for a moment of time.

All my possessions for a moment of time.

- Elizabeth I

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

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

- Elizabeth I

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.

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.

- Elizabeth I

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

- Elizabeth I

The end crowneth the work.

The end crowneth the work.

- Elizabeth I

God forgive you, but I never can.

God forgive you, but I never can.

- Elizabeth I

The past cannot be cured.

The past cannot be cured.

- Elizabeth I

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