Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger
Philip Massingerwas an English dramatist. His finely plotted plays, including A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The City Madam and The Roman Actor, are noted for their satire and realism, and their political and social themes...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth2 May 1908
doors thousand
Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.
loss voice good-woman
How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.
ambition men vices
Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.
patience virtue harbors
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
life queens men
Great men, Till they have gained their ends, are giants in Their promises, but, those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance. And it is a maxim Allowed among them, so they may deceive, They may swear anything; for the queen of love, As they hold constantly, does never punish, But smile, at lovers' perjuries.
greatness challenges vices
Virtue, thou in rags, may challenge more than vice set off with all the trim of greatness.
incense spices devotion
One grain of incense with devotion offer'd 'S beyond all perfumes of Sabaean spices.
monsters fame fear-not
Detraction's a bold monster, and fears not To wound the fame of princes, if it find But any blemish in their lives to work on.
wealth neighbor conscience
Conscience and wealth are not always neighbors.
good-company grapes relish
Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted.
cheerful looks crowns
Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, and it is that which crowns a welcome.
summer adversity autumn
0 summer friendship, whose flat-tering leaves shadowed us in our prosperity, With the least gust, drop off in the autumn of adversity.
kings slavery study
From the king To the beggar, by gradation, all are servants; And you must grant, the slavery is less To study to please one, than many.
suicide lying bears
He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.