Loss

King Henry VIII –

In these last days, I’ve been thinking a great deal about loss.  What loss, your grace, is to man most irrecoverable.

Charles Brandon –

His virtue.

King Henry VIII –

No, for by his actions he may redeem his virtue.

Charles Brandon –

Then, his honor.

King Henry VIII –

No, for again he may find the means to recover it, even as a man recovers some fortune he has lost.

Charles Brandon –

Then I cannot say, Your Majesty.

King Henry VIII –

Time, your grace.  Of all losses, time is the most irrecuperable, for it can never be redeemed.

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The Tudors (Season 4 / Episode 10)

“Death of a Monarchy”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0RME0FD1_k