"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."

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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."

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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

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"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

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"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods."

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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."

"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."

"To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods."

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"All my possessions for a moment of time."

"I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children."

"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too."

"The past cannot be cured."

"I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!"

"Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states."

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"One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without."

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"Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry."