"Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states."
-Elizabeth I
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"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.“
-Elizabeth I
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"I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people."
-Elizabeth I
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"A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head."
-Elizabeth I
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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."
-Elizabeth I
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"Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts."
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"I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman."
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"When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits."
-Allen Klein
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"I start thinking about life after death. I've got to quit thinking about it because it's very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don't feel like you want to be alive, so I don't like to get all quiet."
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"What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy."
-Mario Puzo
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"So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb."
-Alastair Campbell
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"I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I'm totally exhausted."
-Fiona Shaw
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"Planning to play: that's what saving for retirement is today - and it is antithetical to the nature of play, fully within the definition of work, and blissfully ignorant of the reality of death."
-John Thorn
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