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Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused or, if received, are pocketed, not read.
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
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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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Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, and it is that which crowns a welcome.
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Gold--the picklock that never fails.
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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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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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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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Like a rough orator, that brings more truth Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation.
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Be wise soar not too high to fall but stoop to rise.
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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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