True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Quote by Philip Massinger

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Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false...

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false...

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

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

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one.

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one.

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

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

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

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

Death has a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one.

Death has a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn

I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent...

I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent...

Let us love temperately, things violent last not.

Let us love temperately, things violent last not.

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.

Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

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

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

To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate...

To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate...