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
ignorant learned pray worse
Pray enter, You are learned Europeans, and we worse Than ignorant Americans
glued mine takes undone widow wronged
Some undone widow sits upon mine arm,/ And takes away the use of it; 1 and my sword,/ Glued to my scabbard with wronged orphans' tears,/ Will not be drawn.
dares valiant
He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.
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.
fate suffering coward
It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.
news crutches ill
Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches.
numbers example sin
Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin.
performances
Oh that thou hadst like others been all words, And no performance.
innocence should fellows
Nay, droop not, fellows; innocence should be bold.
lust safe appetite
They are only safe That know to soothe the prince's appetite, And serve his lusts.
accusation rhetoric rough
Like a rough orator, that brings more truth Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation.