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
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.
men law safety
The good needs fear no law, It is his safety and the bad man's awe.
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.