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Book: The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
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  1. Margaret George _ The Autobiography of Henry

    Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine ― that is, activity ― which could solve it, is seen as odious. Archery? It is too cold, and besides, the butts need re-covering; the rats have been at the straw. Music? To hear it is tedious; to compose it, too taxing. And so on. Of all the afflictions, boredom is ultimately the most unmanning. Eventually, it transforms you into a great nothing who does nothing ― a cousin to sloth and a brother to melancholy.
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  2. Margaret George _ The Autobiography of Henry

    Yet we always envy others, comparing our shadows to their sunlit sides.
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  3. Margaret George _ The Autobiography of Henry

    Thus we use our supposed "knowledge" of others to speak on their behalf, and condemn them for their words we ourselves put in their silent mouths.
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