It is necessary to try to pass one’s self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
—Christina, Queen of Sweden
Topics: Doing Your Best
It is necessary to try to surpass one’s self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
—Christina, Queen of Sweden
Topics: Improvement, Self-Discovery, Goals
Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.
—Christina, Queen of Sweden
Topics: Dignity
Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways
—Christina, Queen of Sweden
Topics: Unhappiness
Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
—Christina, Queen of Sweden
Topics: Foolishness
He that chooses his own path needs no map.
—Christina, Queen of Sweden
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