Creative Quotations from Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Elizabeth I
(1533-1603) born on Sep 07

English ruler. "Good Queen Bess ruled Great Britain and N. Ireland, 1558-1603; during her reign England became a world power."

Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.

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

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.

"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."

All my possessions for a moment of time.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Letter, 1581."
R:	"In "Apophthegms," by Francis Bacon, 1625."
A:	"Speech, Oct 1566."
N:	"Speech, 8 Aug 1588, to her troops on the approach of the Spanish Armada."
K:	Alleged last words.