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
news crutches ill
Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches.
life queens men
Great men, Till they have gained their ends, are giants in Their promises, but, those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance. And it is a maxim Allowed among them, so they may deceive, They may swear anything; for the queen of love, As they hold constantly, does never punish, But smile, at lovers' perjuries.
acting jew
This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.
action speak pity
What pity 'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill!
beauty beautiful thinking
Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.
marriage men married
But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge.
doors thousand
Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.
patience virtue harbors
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
loss voice good-woman
How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.
ambition men vices
Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.
favour courtesy
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
giving credit kind
Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.
past dancing ballet
My dancing days are past.
success self-control firsts
He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.