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Philip Massinger, born in 1583 in England, was a prominent dramatist in the 17th century. His works held a significant position on the English theatrical stage during his time, ranking alongside Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. Massinger's plays are known for their complex plots and vivid characters, and they have had a profound impact on the development of drama.

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Famous Philip Massinger Quotes

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

Men Lasts Desire Wise Fame Weakness

Book:The Plays

Source: The Plays

“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.”

Men Should Doubt Too Much Wife Married Caution Matrimony Married Man

Book:Dramatic Works: The renegado. The picture. The fatal dowry. The emperor of the East. The maid of honour

Source: Dramatic Works: The renegado. The picture. The fatal dowry. The emperor of the East. The maid of honour

“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!”

Men Mean Greatness Birth Blessing Slave Esteem Golden Curse Freeman Golden Mean

Author:Philip Massinger

“The good needs fear no law, It is his safety and the bad man's awe.”

Men Needs Law Safety Awe Bad Man

Book:The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford. With an Introduction, by Hartley Coleridge

Source: The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford. With an Introduction, by Hartley Coleridge

“The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife: And there, well to discharge it, does require Equality of years, of birth, of fortune; For beauty being poor, and not cried up By birth or wealth, can truly mix with neither. And wealth, when there's such difference in years, And fair descent, must make the yoke uneasy.”

Men Years Wells Doe Differences Wealth Poor Wife Birth Fairs Fortune Cried Descent Matrimony Uneasy Yoke Discharge

Book:Elizabethan Drama II

Source: Elizabethan Drama II

“For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty.”

Men Liberty Sells Wedlock

Book:Introduction; Essay on the dramatick writings of Massinger, by John Ferriar; Commendatory verses on Massinger; A list of Massinger's plays; Glossarial index. The virgin-martyr. The unnatural combat. The Duke of Milan

Source: Introduction; Essay on the dramatick writings of Massinger, by John Ferriar; Commendatory verses on Massinger; A list of Massinger's plays; Glossarial index. The virgin-martyr. The unnatural combat. The Duke of Milan

“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.”

Ifs Men Way May Achieve Creation Honor Fit Blessing Ambition Highest Mark Noble Greatest Blessings

Book:The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford

Source: The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford

“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.”