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Philip Massinger

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Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.


— Philip Massinger


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Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.


— Philip Massinger


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Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one.


— Philip Massinger


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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.


— Philip Massinger


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Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.


— Philip Massinger


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He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.


— Philip Massinger


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He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself.


— Philip Massinger


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I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.


— Philip Massinger


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Let us love temperately, things violent last not.


— Philip Massinger


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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.


— Philip Massinger


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A joint letter from Nathan Field Robert Daborne and Philip Massinger to Philip Henslowe begs for an immediate loan of five pounds to release them from their "unfortunate extremity" the money to be taken from the balance due for the "play of Mr. William Herbert 3rd Earl of Pembroke who would come to oversee the London Stage and the royal company as King James's Lord Chamberlain succeeded to the title in 1601. Saviour's Southwark on 18 March 1640.

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. Philip Massinger (1583 – 17 March 1640) was an English dramatist.

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