Philip Massinger Quotes

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• To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

  Philip Massinger

  Fall, Doubt, Despair

  Philip Massinger (1816). “The Duke of Milan: A Tragedy in Five Acts”, p.10

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• A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.

  Philip Massinger

  Journey, Mind, Easy

  Philip Massinger (1779). “The Dramatick Works of Philip Massinger...”, p.88

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• True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

  Philip Massinger

  Honor, Dignity, Lost

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• Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

  Philip Massinger

  Wise, Fall, Soar

  1623 The Duke of Milan, act1, sc.2.

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• He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

  Philip Massinger

  Success, War, Positivity

  1623 The Bondman, act1, sc.3.

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• It is true fortitude to stand firm against
  All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die
  In fear to suffer more calamity.

  Philip Massinger

  Fate, Suffering, Coward

  Philip Massinger, William Gifford, John Ferriar (1813). “The Plays of Philip Massinger: The bandman. The renegado. The parliament of love. The Roman actor. The great Duke of Florence”, p.375

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• Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.

  Philip Massinger

  Beauty, Beautiful, Thinking

  Philip Massinger (1761). “Dramatic Works: A new way to pay old debts. The great Duke of Florence. The unnatural combat. The bashful lover”, p.133

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• Virtue, thou in rags, may challenge more than vice set off with all the trim of greatness.

  Philip Massinger

  Greatness, Challenges, Vices

  Philip Massinger (1761). “Dramatic works”, p.261

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• Conscience and wealth are not always neighbors.

  Philip Massinger

  Wealth, Neighbor, Conscience

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• Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches.

  Philip Massinger

  News, Crutches, Ill

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• The over curious are not over wise.

  Philip Massinger

  Wise, Curiosity, Curious

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• We have not an hour of life in which our pleasures relish not some pain, our sours, some sweetness.

  Philip Massinger

  Pain, Hours, Pleasure

  Philip Massinger (1817). “Beauties of Massinger”, p.262

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• I in my own house am an emperor, And will defend what's mine.

  Philip Massinger

  Home, House, Emperor

  Philip Massinger, Colin Gibson (1978). “The Selected Plays of Philip Massinger: The Duke of Milan, The Roman Actor, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The City Madam”, p.109, CUP Archive

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• Man was mark'd
  A friend in his creation to himself,
  And may, with fit ambition, conceive
  The greatest blessings, and the highest honors
  Appointed for him, if he can achieve them
  The right and noble way.

  Philip Massinger

  Ambition, Men, Blessing

  Philip Massinger, John Ford (1859). “The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford”, p.356

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• A diamond, though set in horns, is still a diamond, and sparkles in purest gold.

  Philip Massinger

  Gold, Sparkle, Horns

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• Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.

  Philip Massinger

  Giving, Credit, Kind

  Philip Massinger, William Gifford (1813). “Plays: The maid of honour. The picture. The Emperor of the East. The fatal dowry. A new way to pay old debts”, p.62

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• For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty.

  Philip Massinger

  Men, Liberty, Wedlock

  Philip Massinger, William Gifford, John Ferriar (1805). “Introduction; Essay on the dramatick writings of Massinger, by John Ferriar; Commendatory verses on Massinger; A list of Massinger's plays; Glossarial index. The virgin-martyr. The unnatural combat. The Duke of Milan”, p.24

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• The soul is strong that trusts in goodness.

  Philip Massinger

  Strong, Soul, Goodness

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• He that knows no guilt can know no fear.

  Philip Massinger

  Guilt, No Fear, Knows

  Philip Massinger, John Ferriar (1813). “The Plays of Philip Massinger: The bondman. The renegado. The parliament of love. The Roman actor. The great Duke of Florence”, p.495

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• Like a rough orator, that brings more truth Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation.

  Philip Massinger

  Accusation, Rhetoric, Rough

  Philip Massinger (1830). “The plays of Philip Massinger: adapted for family reading, and the use of young persons, by the omission of objectionable passages”, p.200

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• 0 summer friendship, whose flat-tering leaves shadowed us in our prosperity, With the least gust, drop off in the autumn of adversity.

  Philip Massinger

  Summer, Adversity, Autumn

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• Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, and it is that which crowns a welcome.

  Philip Massinger

  Cheerful, Looks, Crowns

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• Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.

  Philip Massinger

  Doors, Thousand

  Philip Massinger (1761). “Dramatic Works: The guardian. A very woman. The old law. The city madam. Poems on several occasions”, p.177

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• What a seaOf melting ice I walk on!

  Philip Massinger

  Ice, Melting Ice, Melting

  Philip Massinger (1813). “The Plays of Philip Massinger,: Advertisement to the second edition. Introduction; Essay on the writings of Massinger, by John Ferriar, &c. The virgin-martyr. The unnatural combat. The Duke of Milan”, p.113

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• What can innocence hope for, When such as sit her judges are corrupted!

  Philip Massinger

  Judging, Innocence

  Philip Massinger, John Ford (1848). “The dramatic works of Massinger and Ford”, p.210

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