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Famous Philip Massinger Quotes
Source: Beauties of Massinger
“He that knows no guilt can know no fear.”
Source: The Plays of Philip Massinger: The bondman. The renegado. The parliament of love. The Roman actor. The great Duke of Florence
“He that doth public good for multitudes, finds few are truly grateful”
“Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.”
Source: Plays: The maid of honour. The picture. The Emperor of the East. The fatal dowry. A new way to pay old debts
Source: The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford. With an Introduction, by Hartley Coleridge
“He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.”
Source: The Duke of Milan: A Tragedy in Five Acts
Source: The plays of Philip Massinger, with notes by W. Gifford
Source: The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford. With an Introduction, by Hartley Coleridge
“Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.”
Source: The city madam. The guardian. A very woman. The bashful lover. The old law
“True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.”
“A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.”
Source: The Dramatick Works of Philip Massinger...
“Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.”
Source: Dramatic Works: The guardian. A very woman. The old law. The city madam. Poems on several occasions
“But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge.”
“Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.”
Source: Dramatic Works: A new way to pay old debts. The great Duke of Florence. The unnatural combat. The bashful lover