Selected Queen Christina of Sweden Quotations
• It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
• Life becomes useless and insipid when we have no longer either friends or enemies.
• 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.
• Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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Quote collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis. Each quotation page in this collection and the entire collection © Jone Johnson Lewis 1997-2005. This is an informal collection assembled over many years. I regret that I am not be able to provide the original source if it is not listed with the quote.
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Jone Johnson Lewis. "Queen Christina of Sweden Quotes." About Women's History. URL: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/queen_christina.htm . Date accessed: (today). (More on how to cite online sources including this page)

