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I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe
The bosom of a friend will hold a secret
Mine own could not contain.

— Philip Massinger

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Wisdom

More quotes by Philip Massinger

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

Duke of Milan (1623)

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.

A Very Woman (1619)

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

Great Duke of Florence (1627)

Out, you impostors!
Quack-salving, cheating mountebanks! Your skill
Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill.

Virgin Martyr (1622)

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George Chapman All Fools (1605)

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