Thomas Wolsey war ein englischer Staatsmann, römisch-katholischer Erzbischof von York und Kardinal. Er bekleidete das Amt des englischen Lordkanzlers und stieg für viele Jahre zum mächtigsten Mann Englands auf. Wikipedia
“Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out.”
Attributed to Cardinal Wolsey by columnist George Will, a line that he says was "uttered about Henry VIII", as quoted in William A. Henry In Defense of Elitism (Anchor Books, 1995), p. 45.
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“Begot by butchers, but by bishops bred,
How high his Highness holds his haughty head!”
Attributed to Cardinal Wolsey in English Etymology; Or, a Derivative Dictionary of the English Language (1783) by George William Lemon, "Alliteration".
Disputed
“I am come to leave my bones among you.”
To the Abbot of Leicester, knowing that he was dying. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasWolsey(Cardinal).htm
To the messenger summoning him to see Henry VIII. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasWolsey(Cardinal).htm.
