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
men years differences
The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife: And there, well to discharge it, does require Equality of years, of birth, of fortune; For beauty being poor, and not cried up By birth or wealth, can truly mix with neither. And wealth, when there's such difference in years, And fair descent, must make the yoke uneasy.
fall doubt despair
To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.
beauty beautiful thinking
Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.
past dancing ballet
My dancing days are past.
running breathing useless
Shall this nectar Run useless, then, to waste? or ... these lips, That open like the morn, breathing perfumes, On such as dare approach them, be untouch'd? They must--nay, 'tis in vain to make resistance-- Be often kissed and tasted.
art sight blind
Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.