--- title: "12 Queen-elizabeth-i Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 12 Queen-elizabeth-i quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Queen-elizabeth-i sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/jeane-westin-39622_beards_why-do-old-men-grow-huge-beards-as-if-to_2058635.jpg" --- > [“Why do old men grow huge beards as if to proclaim a manhood that has long since fled?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeane-westin/why-do-old-men-grow-huge-beards-as-if-to-proclaim-a-manhood-that-has/) [Jeane Westin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeane-westin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/jeane-westin-39622_beards_why-do-old-men-grow-huge-beards-as-if-to_2058635.jpg) > [“But what use was the semblance of power without the substance?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-weir/but-what-use-was-the-semblance-of-power-without-the-substance/) [Alison Weir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-weir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/alison-weir-13208_power_but-what-use-was-the-semblance-of-power_2114258.png) > [“I have never thought that the man of Stratford-on-Avon wrote the plays of Shakespeare.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-have-never-thought-that-the-man-of-stratford-on-avon-wrote-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/lewis-f-powell-jr-2-159171_anonymous_i-have-never-thought-that-the-man-of-str_1734899.jpg) > [“Like her father, Bess never forgot a hurt of a service.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeane-westin/like-her-father-bess-never-forgot-a-hurt-of-a-service/) [Jeane Westin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeane-westin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/jeane-westin-39622_father_like-her-father-bess-never-forgot-a-hurt_571848.jpg) > [“The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-life-of-shakespeare-is-a-fine-mystery-and-i-tremble-every-day/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/charles-dickens-34_anonymous_the-life-of-shakespeare-is-a-fine-myster_380338.jpg) > [I cannot marry the facts of William Shakespeare to his verse: Other men had led lives in some sort of keeping with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-cannot-marry-the-facts-of-william-shakespeare-to-his-verse-other/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_anonymous_i-cannot-marry-the-facts-of-william-shak_967181.png) > [“Robert bowed to the inevitable. The queen's motto, 'I see all and speak nothing." was as well chosen as any motto could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeane-westin/robert-bowed-to-the-inevitable-the-queen-s-motto-i-see-all-and-speak/) [Jeane Westin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeane-westin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/jeane-westin-39622_personal-motto_robert-bowed-to-the-inevitable-the-queen_2559039.jpg) > [I no longer believe that William Shakespeare the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/i-no-longer-believe-that-william-shakespeare-the-actor-from-stratford/) [Sigmund Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmund-freud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/sigmund-freud-360_actors_i-no-longer-believe-that-william-shakesp_386734.jpg) > [“It’s not his friendship I miss,’ Elizabeth said bluntly. ‘It’s him. The very person of him. His presence. I want his shadow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-gregory/it-s-not-his-friendship-i-miss-elizabeth-said-bluntly-it-s-him-the/) [Philippa Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippa-gregory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/philippa-gregory-674_books_it-s-not-his-friendship-i-miss-elizabeth_580537.png) > [ “The English language \[during the Elizabethan era\] wasn't standardized. There were no official dictionaries. There was no cultural belief that words should… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayard-louis/the-english-language-during-the-elizabethan-era-wasn-t-standardized/) [Bayard Louis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bayard-louis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/bayard-louis-222384_elizabethan_the-english-language-during-the-elizabet_3029960.jpg) > [“She had been born knowing that boldness erased fear, while cowardice invited it and earned her only more ill treatment. No matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeane-westin/she-had-been-born-knowing-that-boldness-erased-fear-while-cowardice/) [Jeane Westin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeane-westin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/jeane-westin-39622_boldness_she-had-been-born-knowing-that-boldness_202917.jpg) > [“It is extraordinarily entertaining to watch the historians of the past ... entangling themselves in what they were pleased to call the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/it-is-extraordinarily-entertaining-to-watch-the-historians-of-the/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/dorothy-l-sayers-738_abilities_it-is-extraordinarily-entertaining-to-wa_883801.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/queen-elizabeth-i/#itemlist", "name": "Queen-elizabeth-i Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why do old men grow huge beards as if to proclaim a manhood that has long since fled?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeane Westin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeane-westin/why-do-old-men-grow-huge-beards-as-if-to-proclaim-a-manhood-that-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/jeane-westin-39622_beards_why-do-old-men-grow-huge-beards-as-if-to_2058635.jpg", "contentUrl": 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