Creative Quotations from Philip Massinger (1583-1640)

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Philip Massinger
(1583-1640) born on

English dramatist. His plays include "New Way to Pay Old Debts," 1633; he frequently collaborated with Fletcher.

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

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.

I am driven
Into a desperate strait and cannot steer
A middle course.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	Timoleon, in "The Bondman," act 1, sc. 3, 1624.
R:	In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
A:	In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
N:	"The Great Duke of Florence," III. i.
K:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.