...tragic suggestion of this passage. He has been overloaded with honour, but now feels a serene peace : I know myself now: and I feel within me A peace above...dignities, A still and quiet conscience. The king has cured me, I humbly thank his grace; and from these shoulders, These ruin'd pillars, out of pity, taken...

...Wolsey in Henry VIII, when his ambitious schemes are revealed and his life in ruins, is suddenly happy: I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above...all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. (in. ii. 379) There is no condemnation. Othello in remorse wishes to suffer helltorments, but our own...

...must learn now with pity to dispense; For policy sits above conscience. First Stranger — Timon IIIM I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. Wolsey — Henry VIII III.ii THE CROWN: "O polished perturbation! golden care! Do but think How sweet...

...chained him to his shadow. Being stripped of outward honours, however, Wolsey comes to a new awareness, I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above...all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. (Henry VIII III 2 378-80) He has been set free by the disgrace of his fall to discover a deeper place...

...too far' (3.2.333); and, following his disgrace, Wolsey 's language becomes charged with eloquence: I know myself now, and I feel within me A peace above...all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. (3.2.378-80) In itself, Wolsey s repentance raises the question of whether any moral distinction can...

...indeed. CROMWELL How does your Grace? WOLSEY Why, well. Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. 450 I know myself now, and I feel within me A peace above...dignities, A still and quiet conscience. The King has cured me — I humbly thank his Grace — and from these shoulders, These ruined pillars, out of pity,...