Henry v Quote by Will Cuppy

Villains are usually the worst casuists, and rush into crimes to avoid less. Henry VIII. committed murder to avoid the imputation of adultery; and…

— Charles Caleb Colton

An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities.

— Honore de Balzac

I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon.

— David Starkey

You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry, Henry VIII,…

— Ian Hislop

I learned an invaluable lesson from a kid in Argentina when we were playing Buenos Aires in 2002. I came out of the hotel…

— Rick Wakeman

King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea. Never got a dinner!

— Red Buttons

Admit that the press transferred the pontificate of Rome to Henry VIII-Admit that the press demolished in some sort the feudal system, and set…

— John Adams

The civil jury is the most effective form of sovereignty of the people. It defies the aggressions of time and man. During the reigns…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

We spent the first night of our honeymoon in a country hotel, with Tudor architecture oak beams, and floors which sloped, of the Queen-Elizabeth-Slept-Here…

— Jean Plaidy

I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, riding through a great forest.

— Madonna Ciccone

There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion throughout his…

— Natalie Dormer

The reign of Henry VIII is the axis around which England turns.

— David Starkey