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
good-company grapes relish
Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted.
grateful multitudes public-good
He that doth public good for multitudes, finds few are truly grateful
guilt no-fear knows
He that knows no guilt can know no fear.
office honor elements
Factions among yourselves; preferring such To offices and honors, as ne'er read The elements of saving policy; But deeply skilled in all the principles That usher to destruction.
men blood order
As the index tells us the contents of stories and directs to the particular chapter, even so does the outward habit and superficial order of garments (in man or woman) give us a taste of the spirit, and demonstratively point (as it were a manual note from the margin) all the internal quality of the soul; and there cannot be a more evident, palpable, gross manifestation of poor, degenerate, dunghilly blood and breeding than a rude, unpolished, disordered, and slovenly outside.
death discipline lines
Tis the only discipline we are born for; all studies else are but as circular lines, and death the center where they all must meet.
gold petitions bribery
Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused; or, if received, are pocketed, not read.
black faults
Black detraction will find faults where they are not.
hurt revenge soul
Revenge, that thirsty dropsy of our souls, makes us covet that which hurts us most.
promise giants weak
Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.
wealth neighbor conscience
Conscience and wealth are not always neighbors.
monsters fame fear-not
Detraction's a bold monster, and fears not To wound the fame of princes, if it find But any blemish in their lives to work on.
incense spices devotion
One grain of incense with devotion offer'd 'S beyond all perfumes of Sabaean spices.
wise curiosity curious
The over curious are not over wise.