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.
good-company grapes relish
Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted.
numbers example sin
Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin.