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No decking sets forth anything so much as affection.

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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
Much
Sets
Forth
Affection
Anything

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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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In the performance of a good action, we not only benefit ourselves, but we confer a blessing upon others.
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Since bodily strength is but a servant to the mind, it were very barbarous and preposterous that force should be made judge over reason.
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A dull head thinks of no better way to show himself wise, than by suspecting everything in his way.
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Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience.
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Sin is the mother, and shame the daughter of lewdness.
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It is manifest that all government of action is to be gotten by knowledge, and knowledge best, by gathering many knowledges, which is reading.
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Courage without discipline is nearer beastliness than manhood.
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Ring out your bells! Let mourning show be spread! For Love is dead.
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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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