Challenges Quote by Philip Massinger

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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.

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The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife: And there, well to discharge it,…

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

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

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

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He that knows no guilt can know no fear.

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Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted.

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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.

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He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.

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Like a rough orator, that brings more truth Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation.

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He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself.

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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

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