“A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventful - then, His busy hand forgets the pen. Most books, indeed, are records less Of fulness than of emptiness.”
William Allingham
“Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.”
William Shakespeare
“Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man”
“For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.”
Christina G. Rossetti
“Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief”
“Adieu! I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave”
“I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er”