"I am every day more convinced that we……" — Queen Victoria
"I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and domestic, are not fitted to reign; at least it is they that drive themselves to the work which it entails."
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Queen Victoria
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44 Quotes by Queen Victoria
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His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only…
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The poor fatherless baby of eight months is now the utterly broken-hearted and crushed widow of forty-two! My life as…
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We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe…
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Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil my duty…
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Oh, that peace may come.
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Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the…
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Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this…
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We will not have failure - only success and new learning.
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I positively think that ladies who are always enceinte quite disgusting; it is more like a rabbit or guinea-pig than…
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The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked…
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Bring me a cup of tea and the 'Times.'
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My dearest dearest dear Albert sat on a footstool by my side and his excessive love and affection gave me…
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In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to…
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The truth is that the scientific value of Polar exploration is greatly exaggerated. The thing that takes men on such…
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Your first duty is to be humane. Love childhood. Look with friendly eyes on its games, its pleasures, its amiable…
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