"Be always faithful to me, as I always desire to keep you in peace; and if there have been wiser kings, none has ever loved you more than I have."
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"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor."
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"I am more afraid of making a fault in my Latin than of the Kings of Spain, France, Scotland, the whole House of Guise, and all of their confederates."
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"I have never been able to be so allured by the prospect of advantages or so terrified by misfortunes, swayed by honours or fettered by affection, nay not even so smitten by the fear of death, as to enter upon marriage."
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"I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive."
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"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food."
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"He who placed me in this seat will keep me here."
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"Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age."
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"When I was fair and young, and favor graced me, Of many was I sought, their mistress for to be; But I did scorn them all, and answered them therefore, "Go, go, go seek some otherwhere! Importune me no more!"
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"Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince."
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"There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God."
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"Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. 'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it; And what the word did make it That I believe, and take it."
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"[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin."
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"One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without."
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"It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression."
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"I am already bound unto an husband, which is the kingdom of England."
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"If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married."
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"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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"Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be"
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"Of myself I must say this, I never was any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait fast-holding prince, nor yet a master; my heart was never set on worldly goods, but only for my subjects' good."
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