We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
QUEEN VICTORIAGreat events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
More Queen Victoria Quotes
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That Book, the Bible, accounts for the supremacy of England. England has become great & happy by the knowledge of the true God through Jesus Christ.
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Just close your eyes—and think of England.
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His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!
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[On alcohol:] Total abstinence is an impossibility and it will not do to insist on it as a general practice.
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She was such a beautiful and sweet creature and so full of tricks.
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He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.
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Bring me a cup of tea and the ‘Times.’
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I don’t dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.
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That Book (the BIBLE) accounts for the supremacy of England
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I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations.
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Were women to “unsex” themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.
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Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
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When I think of a merry, happy, and free young girl – and look at the ailing aching state a young wife is generally doomed to – which you can’t deny is the penalty of marriage.
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