The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

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• Marie Antoinette:

  You have doubtless heard, my dear mother, the misfortune of Madame de Chartres, whose child is born

• Elizabeth I:

  There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to di

• King Solomon:

  Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at

• Princess Diana:

  Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselve

• Queen Elizabeth II:

  The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses

• Queen Victoria:

  I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

• Catherine the Great:

  I praise loudly. I blame softly.

• Wallis Simpson:

  Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting.

• George III of the United Kingdom:

  Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.

• Charles V:

  I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.