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The past cannot be cured.
Elizabeth I
Past
A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
Elizabeth I
Conscience
Nothing
I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.
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God
Thought
Deception
I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children.
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People
Children
Credit
Nothing
Parents
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
Elizabeth I
Queen
I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.
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Extreme
Reputation
Unworthy
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Elizabeth I
Heart
It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.
Elizabeth I
Sex
Virtue
Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.
Elizabeth I
Death
War
Enemies
states
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.
Elizabeth I
Father
Man
Word
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.
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Death
England
Harm
Hate
I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.
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Heart
Man
Woman
The end crowneth the work.
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Work
End
I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
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Ireland
Nothing
The word must is not to be used to princes.
Elizabeth I
Word