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Philip Massinger
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Philip Massinger
Age: 57 †
Born: 1583
Born: January 1
Died: 1640
Died: January 1
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Salisbury
England
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They are only safe That know to soothe the prince's appetite, And serve his lusts.
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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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Pleasures of worse natures Are gladly entertained, and they that shun us Practice in private sports the stews would blush at.
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He is not valiant that dares lie but he that boldly bears calamity.
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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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Black detraction will find faults where they are not.
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Factions among yourselves preferring such To offices and honors, as ne'er read The elements of saving policy But deeply skilled in all the principles That usher to destruction.
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Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.
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Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, and it is that which crowns a welcome.
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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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Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused or, if received, are pocketed, not read.
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Malice scorned, puts out itself but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.
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Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.
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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
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To doubt is worse than to have lost And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.
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He that knows no guilt can know no fear.
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A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.
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Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.
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Gold--the picklock that never fails.
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