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Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, and it is that which crowns a welcome.
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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Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused or, if received, are pocketed, not read.
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A diamond, though set in horns, is still a diamond, and sparkles in purest gold.
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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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Nay, droop not, fellows innocence should be bold.
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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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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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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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What a seaOf melting ice I walk on!
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A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.
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Like a rough orator, that brings more truth Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation.
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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
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He that knows no guilt can know no fear.
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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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Virgin me no virgins! I must have you lose that name, or you lose me.
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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 can innocence hope for, When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
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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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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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Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.
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