Christina, Queen of Sweden Quotes
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Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.
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As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.
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We grow old more through indolence, than through age.
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It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.
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There are few prisoners more closely guarded than princes.
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There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.
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It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.
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Life is too short to be able to love as one should.
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I was born, have lived, and will die free.
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Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage.
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Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways.
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Great armies are nothing but a collection of weakness.
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One can really love only once.
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God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself to our foolishness, our limited capacity.
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You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.
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Every man is his own worst enemy
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Ignorance is not innocence.
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It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I was fortunate enough to satisfy my subjects, I was not fortunate enough to satisfy myself.
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I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women
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To some people everything is permitted.
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We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.
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Christina, Queen of Sweden
- Born: December 18, 1626
- Died: April 19, 1689
- Occupation: Queen regnant
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