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• Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.

  Philip Massinger

  Doors, Thousand

  Philip Massinger (1761). “Dramatic Works: The guardian. A very woman. The old law. The city madam. Poems on several occasions”, p.177

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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

  Men, Wife, Doubt

  Philip Massinger (1761). “Dramatic Works: The renegado. The picture. The fatal dowry. The emperor of the East. The maid of honour”, p.188

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• Nay, droop not, fellows; innocence should be bold.

  Philip Massinger

  Innocence, Should, Fellows

  1626 The Roman Actor, act1, sc.1.

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• He that doth public good for multitudes, finds few are truly grateful

  Philip Massinger

  Grateful, Multitudes, Public Good

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• What a seaOf melting ice I walk on!

  Philip Massinger

  Ice, Melting Ice, Melting

  Philip Massinger (1813). “The Plays of Philip Massinger,: Advertisement to the second edition. Introduction; Essay on the writings of Massinger, by John Ferriar, &c. The virgin-martyr. The unnatural combat. The Duke of Milan”, p.113

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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

  Kings, Slavery, Study

  Philip Massinger (1830). “The plays of Philip Massinger”, p.259

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• But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge.

  Philip Massinger

  Marriage, Men, Married

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• Great men,
  Till they have gained their ends, are giants in
  Their promises, but, those obtained, weak pigmies
  In their performance. And it is a maxim
  Allowed among them, so they may deceive,
  They may swear anything; for the queen of love,
  As they hold constantly, does never punish,
  But smile, at lovers' perjuries.

  Philip Massinger

  Life, Queens, Men

  Philip Massinger (1848). “The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford. With an introduction, by Hartley Coleridge”, p.175

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• Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused; or, if received, are pocketed, not read.

  Philip Massinger

  Gold, Petitions, Bribery

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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

  Giving, Perfect, Justice

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• He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.

  Philip Massinger

  Suicide, Lying, Bears

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• One grain of incense with devotion offer'd
  'S beyond all perfumes of Sabaean spices.

  Philip Massinger

  Spices, Incense, Devotion

  Philip Massinger (1813). “The Plays”, p.365

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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

  Loss, Voice, Good Woman

  Philip Massinger, John Ferriar (1813). “The city madam. The guardian. A very woman. The bashful lover. The old law”, p.541

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• As the index tells us the contents of stories and directs to the particular chapter, even so does the outward habit and superficial order of garments (in man or woman) give us a taste of the spirit, and demonstratively point (as it were a manual note from the margin) all the internal quality of the soul; and there cannot be a more evident, palpable, gross manifestation of poor, degenerate, dunghilly blood and breeding than a rude, unpolished, disordered, and slovenly outside.

  Philip Massinger

  Men, Blood, Order

  Philip Massinger (1805). “The plays of Philip Massinger, with notes by W. Gifford”, p.413

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• Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

  Philip Massinger

  Art, Sight, Blind

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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

  Religious, Failure, Ungrateful

  Philip Massinger, William Gifford, John Ferriar (1813). “The bandman. The renegado. The parliament of love. The Roman actor. The great Duke of Florence”, p.204

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• Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin.

  Philip Massinger

  Numbers, Example, Sin

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• Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.

  Philip Massinger

  Ambition, Men, Vices

  'The Bashful Lover' (licensed 1636, published 1655) act 1, sc. 2

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• My dancing days are past.

  Philip Massinger

  Past, Dancing, Ballet

  Philip Massinger (1805). “The plays of Philip Massinger, with notes by W. Gifford”, p.149

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• Gold--the picklock that never fails.

  Philip Massinger

  Gold, Failing

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• Virgin me no virgins! I must have you lose that name, or you lose me.

  Philip Massinger

  Names, Virgins, Loses

  1633 A New Way to Pay Old Debts, act 3, sc.2.

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• This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.

  Philip Massinger

  Acting, Jew

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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

  Running, Breathing, Useless

  Philip Massinger, John Ferriar (1813). “The Plays of Philip Massinger: The bondman. The renegado. The parliament of love. The Roman actor. The great Duke of Florence”, p.265

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• Before
  We end our pilgrimage, 'tis fit that we
  Should leave corruption, and foul sin, behind us,
  But with wash'd feet and hands, the heathens dar' not
  Enter their profane temples; and for me
  To hope my passage to eternity
  Can be made easy, till I have shook off
  The burthen of my sins in free confession,
  Aided with sorrow, and repentance for them,
  Is against reason.

  Philip Massinger

  Hands, Feet, Sorrow

  Philip Massinger, John Ford (1848). “The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford”, p.262

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• Though the desire of fame be the last weakness Wise men put off.

  Philip Massinger

  Wise, Men, Desire

  Philip Massinger (1813). “The Plays”, p.335

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