To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it. -Elizabeth I

 

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.


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This quote is just one of 10 total Elizabeth I quotes in our collection. Elizabeth I is known for saying 'To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.' as well as some of the following quotes.

All my possessions for a moment of time.

Elizabeth I
376

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

Elizabeth I
123
I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. 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. -Elizabeth I
12

I will make you shorter by the head.

Elizabeth I
2

There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.

Elizabeth I
0
Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with your loves. And though you have had, and may have, many mightier and wiser princes sitting in this seat; yet you never had, nor shall have any that will love you better. -Elizabeth I
0

God forgive you, but I never can.

Elizabeth I
0