Top 72 Quotes & Sayings by Philip Massinger - Page 2

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

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

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

Philip Massinger

What can innocence hope for, When such as sit her judges are corrupted!

Philip Massinger

If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation.

Philip Massinger

Black detraction will find faults where they are not.

Philip Massinger

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

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

Pleasures of worse natures Are gladly entertained, and they that shun us Practice in private sports the stews would blush at.

Philip Massinger

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

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

Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.

Philip Massinger

Top 72 Quotes & Sayings by Philip Massinger - Page 2

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