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Quotation from Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
“Farewell? A long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost”
Henry VIII, Act III, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1541 (First Folio text, modernized))
Left alone after the lords take the great seal, Wolsey generalizes his fall into an image of every human life.
Citation: "Farewell? A long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost" — William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, Act III, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1541 (First Folio text, modernized)). (id henry-viii-q7)
