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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
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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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Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches.
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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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Be wise soar not too high to fall but stoop to rise.
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Like a rough orator, that brings more truth Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation.
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A diamond, though set in horns, is still a diamond, and sparkles in purest gold.
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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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Shall this nectar Run useless, then, to waste? or ... these lips, That open like the morn, breathing perfumes, On such as dare approach them, be untouch'd? They must--nay, 'tis in vain to make resistance-- Be often kissed and tasted.
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The over curious are not over wise.
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If you like not hanging, drown yourself Take some course for your reputation.
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Virgin me no virgins! I must have you lose that name, or you lose me.
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He is not valiant that dares lie but he that boldly bears calamity.
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What a seaOf melting ice I walk on!
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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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