Christina, Queen of Sweden Quotes

Every man is his own worst enemy

It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.

God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself to our foolishness, our limited capacity.

There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Ignorance is not innocence.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.

I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

I was born, have lived, and will die free.

It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I was fortunate enough to satisfy my subjects, I was not fortunate enough to satisfy myself.

Life is too short to be able to love as one should.

We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.

You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.

Great armies are nothing but a collection of weakness.

There are few prisoners more closely guarded than princes.

To some people everything is permitted.

Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage.

Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways.

One can really love only once.