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It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

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Philip Sidney
Age: 31 †
Born: 1554
Born: November 30
Died: 1586
Died: October 17
Diplomat
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Novelist
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Kent
England
Sir Philip Sidney
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For the uttering sweetly and properly the conceit of the mind, English hath it equally with any other tongue in the world.
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The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action.
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It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
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High honor is not only gotten and born by pain and danger, but must be nursed by the like, else it vanisheth as soon as it appears to the world.
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Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude.
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And thou my minde aspire to higher things Grow rich in that which never taketh rust.
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All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience.
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There is nothing evil but what is within us the rest is either natural or accidental.
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The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it.
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It depends on education--that holder of the keys which the Almighty hath put into our hands--to open the gates which lead to virtue or to vice, to happiness or misery.
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Ungratefulness is the very poison of manhood.
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True bravery is quiet, undemonstrative.
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Great captains do never use long orations when it comes to the point of execution.
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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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Whatever comes out of despair cannot bear the title of valor, which should be lifted up to such a height that holding all things under itself, it should be able to maintain its greatness, even in the midst of miseries.
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