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Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.
Philip Massinger
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Philip Massinger
Age: 57 †
Born: 1583
Born: January 1
Died: 1640
Died: January 1
Dramatist
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Salisbury
England
Philip Massinger
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Virgin me no virgins! I must have you lose that name, or you lose me.
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A diamond, though set in horns, is still a diamond, and sparkles in purest gold.
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Shall this nectar Run useless, then, to waste? or ... these lips, That open like the morn, breathing perfumes, On such as dare approach them, be untouch'd? They must--nay, 'tis in vain to make resistance-- Be often kissed and tasted.
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They are only safe That know to soothe the prince's appetite, And serve his lusts.
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