Christina, Queen of Sweden quotes
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“Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways.”
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“I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women”
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“Life is too short to be able to love as one should.”
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“You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.”
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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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“Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.”
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“I was born, have lived, and will die free.”
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“It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.”
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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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“There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.”
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“We grow old more through indolence, than through age.”
-- Christina, Queen of SwedenSource : Maxims (1660 - 80)
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“We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.”
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“Every man is his own worst enemy”
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“Great armies are nothing but a collection of weakness.”
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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.”
-- Christina, Queen of SwedenSource : Source: pitchfork.com
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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.”
-- Christina, Queen of SwedenSource : Christina (Queen of Sweden) (1753). “The Works of Christina Queen of Sweden: Containing Maxims and Sentences in Twelve Centuries, and Reflections on the Life and Actions of Alexander the Great”, p.98
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“Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage.”
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“To some people everything is permitted.”
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“One can really love only once.”
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