Mar 23, 2019
“The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. “ Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. (1926-)
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“The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. “ Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. (1926-)
“Her beauty, as we are told, was in itself not altogether incomparable, nor such as to strike those who saw her; but converse with her had an irresistible charm, and her presence, combined with the persuasiveness of her discourse and the character which was somehow diffused about her behaviour towards others, had something stimulating about it. There was sweetness also in the tones of her voice; and her tongue, like an instrument of many strings, she could readily turn to whatever language she pleased... “ -Plutarch, excerpt from “Life of Antony” about Cleopatra VII, Pharaoh of Egypt (69 B.C - 30 B.C)
“Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind’ -Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1533-1603)