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Philip Sidney
Age: 31 †
Born: 1554
Born: November 30
Died: 1586
Died: October 17
Diplomat
Military Personnel
Novelist
Poet
Politician
Kent
England
Sir Philip Sidney
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And thou my minde aspire to higher things Grow rich in that which never taketh rust.
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God has appointed us captains of this our bodily fort, which, without treason to that majesty, are never to be delivered over till they are demanded.
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The many-headed multitude, whom inconstancy only doth by accident guide to well-doing! Who can set confidence there, where company takes away shame, and each may lay the fault upon his fellow?
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Scoffing cometh not of wisdom.
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Fear is far more painful to cowardice than death to true courage.
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Music, I say, the most divine striker of the senses.
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The general goodness, which is nourished in noble hearts makes every one think that strength of virtue to be in another whereof they find assured foundation in themselves.
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Sin is the mother, and shame the daughter of lewdness.
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As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.
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Laws are not made like lime-twigs or nets, to catch everything that toucheth them but rather like sea-marks, to guide from shipwreck the ignorant passenger.
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Provision is the foundation of hospitality, and thrift the fuel of magnificence.
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Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience.
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Fool, said my muse to me. Look in thy heart and write.
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But words came halting forth, wanting Invention's stay Invention, Nature's child, fled stepdame Study's blows And others' feet still seemed but strangers in my way. Thus, great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart, and write.
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In the performance of a good action, we not only benefit ourselves, but we confer a blessing upon others.
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As the fertilest ground, must be manured, so must the highest flying wit have a Daedalus to guide him.
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Gold can gild a rotten stick, and dirt sully an ingot.
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Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.
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A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.
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Ungratefulness is the very poison of manhood.
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