"He is not valiant that dares die, but……" — Philip Massinger
"He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity."
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Philip Massinger
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30 Quotes by Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger has 30 quotes on this site.
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To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall…
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My dancing days are past.
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I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
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Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.
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Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.
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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…
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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn....
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Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
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A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.
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Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.
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But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge.
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Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.
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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the…
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All…
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Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
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We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a…
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
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What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will…
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The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate…
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear…
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the…
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