20 Famous Quotes by Philip Massinger
- 3/17/1640
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About Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger was 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.
We, that would be known
The father of our people, in our study,
And vigilance for their safety, must not change
Their ploughshares into swords, and force them from
The secure shade of their own vines, to be
Scorched with the flames of war.
Patriotism
Quotes, by Philip Massinger , Source: The Maid of Honour (act I, 1)
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I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe
The bosom of a friend will hold a secret
Mine own could not contain.
Secrecy
Quotes, by Philip Massinger , Source: Unnatural Combat (act V, sc. 2)
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He
That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it,
And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour.
This life's a fort committed to my trust,
Which I must not yield up, till it be forced:
Nor will I. He's not valiant that dares die,
But he that boldly bears calamity.
Suicide
Quotes, by Philip Massinger , Source: Maid of Honour (act IV, sc. 3)
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If you like not hanging, drown yourself;
Take some course for your reputation.
Suicide
Quotes, by Philip Massinger , Source: New Way to pay Old Debts (act II, sc. 1)
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How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman!
It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,
It ravishes all senses.
Voice
Quotes, by Philip Massinger , Source: The Old Law (act IV, sc. 2, l. 34)
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You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.
Failure
Quotes, by Philip Massinger , Source: The Renegado
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As if thou e'er wert angry
But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred
Can bring more to the making up of a man,
Than can be hoped from thee; thou art his creature;
And did he not, each morning, new create thee,
Thou'dst stink and be forgotten.
Tailors
Quotes, by Philip Massinger , Source: Fatal Dowry (act III, sc. 1)
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Yes, if they would thank their maker,
And seek no further, but they have new creators,
God tailor and god mercer.
Tailors
Quotes, by Philip Massinger , Source: A Very Woman (act III, sc. 1, l. 161)
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Out, you impostors!
Quack salving, cheating mountebanks! your skill
Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill.
Quackery
Quotes, by Philip Massinger , Source: Virgin-Martyr (act IV, sc. 1)
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Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.
Sin
Quotes, by Philip Massinger , Source: The Picture (act IV, sc. 2)
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