Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603) Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until 1603
Response to Parliament (October 1566).
“Alexander was wont to say, "Were I not Alexander, I would be Diogenes."”
— Plutarch
Of the Fortune or Virtue of Alexander the Great
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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