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Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.
Philip Massinger
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Philip Massinger
Age: 57 †
Born: 1583
Born: January 1
Died: 1640
Died: January 1
Dramatist
Playwright
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Salisbury
England
Philip Massinger
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I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret Mine own could not contain.
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Black detraction will find faults where they are not.
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If you like not hanging, drown yourself Take some course for your reputation.
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Man was mark'd A friend in his creation to himself, And may, with fit ambition, conceive The greatest blessings, and the highest honors Appointed for him, if he can achieve them The right and noble way.
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He is not valiant that dares lie but he that boldly bears calamity.
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Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.
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You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.
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What a seaOf melting ice I walk on!
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Be wise soar not too high to fall but stoop to rise.
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Virgin me no virgins! I must have you lose that name, or you lose me.
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Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, and it is that which crowns a welcome.
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A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.
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It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.
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Quiet night, that brings Best to the labourer, is the outlaw's day, In which he rises early to do wrong, And when his work is ended dares not sleep.
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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
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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.
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A diamond, though set in horns, is still a diamond, and sparkles in purest gold.
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And, to all married men, be this a caution, Which they should duly tender as their life, Neither to doat too much, nor doubt a wife.
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Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted.
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