21 Quotes by Christina, Queen of Sweden

Every man is his own worst enemy.

Ignorance is not innocence.

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.

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

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

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

One can really love only once.

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.

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