Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was an English queen. She was daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She assumed throne in 1588.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

- quoted in Francis Bacon, Apophthegms

• All my possessions for a moment of time.
• Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with your love.

- to a deputation from the House of Commons (1601)

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