Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale

Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act iii. Sc. 4.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Odyssey of Homer. Book xii. Line 538.

I am in blood

Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more,

Returning were as tedious as go o'er.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act iii. Sc. 4.

If all the year were playing holidays,

To sport would be as tedious as to work.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.

As in a theatre, the eyes of men,

After a well-graced actor leaves the stage,

Are idly bent on him that enters next,

Thinking his prattle to be tedious.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 2.