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A diamond, though set in horns, is still a diamond, and sparkles in purest gold. -- Philip Massinger
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One grain of incense with devotion offer'd
'S beyond all perfumes of Sabaean spices. -- Philip Massinger
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He that knows no guilt can know no fear. -- Philip Massinger
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What a seaOf melting ice I walk on! -- Philip Massinger
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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. -- Philip Massinger
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Nay, droop not, fellows; innocence should be bold. -- Philip Massinger
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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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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. -- Philip Massinger
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Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin. -- Philip Massinger
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Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one. -- Philip Massinger
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Giants in
Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies
In their performance. -- Philip Massinger
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We have not an hour of life in which our pleasures relish not some pain, our sours, some sweetness. -- Philip Massinger
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Gold
the picklock that never fails. -- Philip Massinger
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Virgin me no virgins! I must have you lose that name, or you lose me. -- Philip Massinger
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He that doth public good for multitudes, finds few are truly grateful -- Philip Massinger
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Tis the only discipline we are born for; all studies else are but as circular lines, and death the center where they all must meet. -- Philip Massinger
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They are only safe That know to soothe the prince's appetite, And serve his lusts. -- Philip Massinger
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A willing mind makes a hard journey easy. -- Philip Massinger
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Virtue, thou in rags, may challenge more than vice set off with all the trim of greatness. -- Philip Massinger
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If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation. -- Philip Massinger
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Though the desire of fame be the last weakness Wise men put off. -- Philip Massinger
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He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity. -- Philip Massinger
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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. -- Philip Massinger
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The over curious are not over wise. -- Philip Massinger
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Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation. -- Philip Massinger
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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. -- Philip Massinger
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Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful. -- Philip Massinger
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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. -- Philip Massinger
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This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew. -- Philip Massinger
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From the king
To the beggar, by gradation, all are servants;
And you must grant, the slavery is less
To study to please one, than many. -- Philip Massinger
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He that would govern others first should be master of himself. -- Philip Massinger
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Honour is
Virtue's allowed ascent: honour that clasps
All perfect justice in her arms; that craves
No more respect than that she gives; that does
Nothing but what she'll suffer. -- Philip Massinger
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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. -- Philip Massinger
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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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I in my own house am an emperor, And will defend what's mine. -- Philip Massinger
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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard. -- Philip Massinger
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Oh that thou hadst like others been all words, And no performance. -- Philip Massinger
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Greatness, with private men Esteem'd a blessing, is to me a curse; And we, whom, for our high births, they conclude The happy freemen, are the only slaves. Happy the golden mean! -- Philip Massinger
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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. -- Philip Massinger
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The soul is strong that trusts in goodness. -- Philip Massinger
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0 summer friendship, whose flat-tering leaves shadowed us in our prosperity, With the least gust, drop off in the autumn of adversity. -- Philip Massinger
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How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses. -- Philip Massinger
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Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. -- Philip Massinger
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Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise. -- Philip Massinger
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Revenge, that thirsty dropsy of our souls, makes us covet that which hurts us most. -- Philip Massinger
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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. -- Philip Massinger
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What pity 'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill! -- Philip Massinger
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Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches. -- Philip Massinger
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Let us love temperately, things violent last not. -- Philip Massinger
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Without good company all dainties
Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes,
Are only seen, not tasted. -- Philip Massinger
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Black detraction will find faults where they are not. -- Philip Massinger
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But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge. -- Philip Massinger
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Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue. -- Philip Massinger
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For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty. -- Philip Massinger
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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. -- Philip Massinger
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My dancing days are past. -- Philip Massinger
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Like a rough orator, that brings more truth Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation. -- Philip Massinger
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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. -- Philip Massinger
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Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee. -- Philip Massinger
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Conscience and wealth are not always neighbors. -- Philip Massinger
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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. -- Philip Massinger
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What can innocence hope for, When such as sit her judges are corrupted! -- Philip Massinger
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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn. -- Philip Massinger
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The good needs fear no law, It is his safety and the bad man's awe. -- Philip Massinger
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I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours. -- Philip Massinger