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A collection of notable quotations from a variety of Early Modern Era individuals. See the Guide for more details.
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Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out.
— Attributed, referring to Henry VIII
— Thomas Wolsey
Begot by butchers, but by bishops bred, How high his Highness holds his haughty head!
— Attributed
— Thomas Wolsey
I am come to leave my bones among you.
— To the Abbot of Leicester, knowing that he was dying
— Thomas Wolsey
Master Kingston, I see the matter against me now it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the King He would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
— To the messenger summoning him to see Henry VIII
— Thomas Wolsey

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