Philip Massinger (1583 – 17 March 1640) was an English dramatist. His finely plotted plays, including A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The City Madam and The Roman Actor, are noted for their satire and realism, and their political and social themes.
Read more about Philip Massinger: Early Life, First Plays, Massinger and The King's Men, Death, Religion and Politics, Style and Influence, The Canon of Massinger's Works
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“I never drank of Aganippe well,
Nor ever did in shade of Tempe sit,
And muses scorn with vulgar brains to dwell;
Poor layman I, for sacred rites unfit.
Some do I hear of poets’ fury tell,
But, God wot, wot not what they mean by it;
And this I swear by blackest brook of hell,
I am no pickpurse of another’s wit.”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
“Patience, the beggar’s virtue, Shall find no harbour here.”
—Philip Massinger (1583–1640)