Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger was an English dramatist. His 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.
"He That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it, And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour. This lifes a fort committed to my trust, Which I must not yield up till it be forcd. —Nor will I. Hes not valiant that dares die, But he that boldly bears calamity."
Philip Massinger"What a sea Of melting ice I walk on!"
Philip Massinger"The good needs fear no law, It is his safety and the bad mans awe."
Philip Massinger"Death hath a thousand doors to let out life."
Philip Massinger"The oath in any way or form you please, I stand resolvd to take it."
Philip Massinger"Be wise; Soar not too high, to fall; but stoop to rise."
Philip Massinger"Virtue, if not in action, is a vice, And, when we move not forward, we go backward."
Philip Massinger"Out, you impostors! Quack-salving, cheating mountebanks! Your skill Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill."
Philip Massinger"To doubt Is worse than to have lost; and to despair Is but to antedate those miseries That must fall on us."
Philip Massinger"This many-headed monster, The giddy multitude."
Philip Massinger"Quiet night that brings Rest to the labourer, is the outlaws day, In which he rises early to do wrong, And when his work is ended, dares not sleep."
Philip Massinger"Some undone widow sits upon mine arm, And takes away the use of it; and my sword, Glued to my scabbard with wronged orphans tears, Will not be drawn."
Philip Massinger
