Where does this quote come from? Even if you don't think you'd know -- it's a good quote?

Question:Alas, for he looked not like the ruins of his youth, but like the ruins of those ruins.
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The real version might be a little different, this is a quote from memory.

Answers:
'A sighed my name, sure, as he parted
from me:
I fear I was too rough. Alas, poor gentleman
'A look'd not like the ruins of his youth,
But like the ruins of those ruins. Honour,
How much we fight with weakness to preserve
thee!

-The Broken Heart, by John Ford

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I don't know---The Great Gatsby?

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there is a forum called landmark education.. they said these kind of quotations..

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