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

Philip Massinger

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Philip Massinger
Age: 57 †
Born: 1583
Born: January 1
Died: 1640
Died: January 1
Dramatist
Playwright
Writer
Salisbury
England
Philip Massinger
Wise
High
Fall
Stoop
Stoops
Soar
Rise

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