Lord Aberdeen was quite touched when I told him I was so attached to the dear, dear Highlands and missed the fine hills so much. There is a great peculiarity about the Highlands and Highlanders; and they are such a chivalrous, fine, active people.
Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surel… - Queen Victoria
Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surel…
- Queen Victoria
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 o… - Queen Victoria
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 o…
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves. - Queen Victoria
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
Just close your eyes—and think of England. - Queen Victoria
Just close your eyes—and think of England.
We will not have failure - only success and new learning. - Queen Victoria
We will not have failure - only success and new learning.
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist. - Queen Victoria
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them. - Queen Victoria
The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.
Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them. - Queen Victoria
Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.
Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund. - Queen Victoria
Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.
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