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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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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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Conscience and wealth are not always neighbors.
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Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.
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Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.
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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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Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted.
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Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.
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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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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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A diamond, though set in horns, is still a diamond, and sparkles in purest gold.
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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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If you like not hanging, drown yourself Take some course for your reputation.
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Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches.
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Malice scorned, puts out itself but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.
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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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