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Quotes by Royalty
"I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown."
68
"I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head."
66
"Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can."
66
"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache."
65
"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you."
63
"My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt."
63
"The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other."
60
"These wretched babies don't come until they are ready."
60
"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings."
58
"Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it."
58
"Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."
57
"You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable."
57
"I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents."
54
"I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."
53
"To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven."
52
"I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me."
52
"The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance."
52
"If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each."
52
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