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
gold sparkle horns
A diamond, though set in horns, is still a diamond, and sparkles in purest gold.
pain hours pleasure
We have not an hour of life in which our pleasures relish not some pain, our sours, some sweetness.
wise fall soar
Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.
honor dignity lost
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn....
journey mind easy
A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.
fall doubt despair
To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.