Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
— Elizabeth I Early Modern

English queen, Golden Age

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Context

Reported saying, adapted from Alexander Pope but often attributed as her sentiment

Date / Period

Uncertain (Pope's work was later, so this is likely an anachronism or misattribution if exact wording)

Source

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/127129.Elizabeth_I

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