| 20 Famous Quotes by Philip Massinger
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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 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 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 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 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 Source: The Renegado
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“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 Source: The Maid of Honour (act I, 1)
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“What a fine man
Hath your tailor made you!”
Tailors Quotes Source: City Madam (act I, sc. 2)
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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 Source: Fatal Dowry (act III, sc. 1)
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“Get me some French tailor
To new-create you.”
Tailors Quotes Source: Renegade (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 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 Source: Virgin-Martyr (act IV, sc. 1)
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“Ill news, madam,
Are swallow-winged, but what's good
Walks on crutches.”
News Quotes Source: Picture (act II, 1)
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“For evil news rides post, while good news baits.”
News Quotes Source: Picture (act II, 1)
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“Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.”
Sin Quotes Source: The Picture (act IV, sc. 2)
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“What can innocence hope for,
When such as sit her judges are corrupted!”
Innocence Quotes Source: Maid of Honor (act V, sc. 2)
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“This many-headed monster.”
Acting Quotes Source: Roman Actor (act III, sc. 4)
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“This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.”
Acting Quotes Source: Roman Actor (act III, sc. 4)
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“True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.”
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“True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.”
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“He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.”
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Philip Massinger Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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