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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Shirley

Death lays his icy hand on kings.

Fathers their children and themselves abuse / That wealth a husband for their daughters choose.

Knaves will thrive when honest plainness knows not how to live.

Learning is an addition beyond / Nobility of birth; honour of blood, / Without the ornament of knowledge, is / A glorious ignorance.

Nothing is constant but a virtuous mind.

Only the actions of the just / Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.

There’s no armour against fate.