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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.

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
Secret
Contain
Play
Gross
Believe
Folly
Mines
Mine
Fool
Bosom
Friend
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Hold
Secrecy

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