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"The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hands on kings."
James Shirley / Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. Sc. 3.

Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. Sc. 3.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust."
James Shirley / Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. Sc. 3.

Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. Sc. 3.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Death calls ye to the crowd of common men."
James Shirley / Cupid and Death.

Cupid and Death.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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