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!
QUEEN VICTORIAShe was such a beautiful and sweet creature and so full of tricks.
More Queen Victoria Quotes
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[On same-sex marriage:] No woman would do that.
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Just close your eyes—and think of England.
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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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I don’t dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.
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The danger to the country, to Europe, to her vast Empire, which is involved in having all these great interests entrusted to the shaking hand of an old, wild, and incomprehensible man of 82, is very great!
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Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.
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Being married gives one one’s position like nothing else can.
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That Book (the BIBLE) accounts for the supremacy of England
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We poor creatures are born for man’s pleasure and amusement, and destined to go through endless sufferings and trials.
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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 anything else and really it is not very nice.
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An ugly baby is a very nasty object – and the prettiest is frightful.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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Nothing will turn a man’s home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.
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We will not have failure – only success and new learning.
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