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The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action.

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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
Virtuous
Knowledge
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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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Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves and the higher they be, the less they should show.
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In the truly great, virtue governs with the sceptre of knowledge.
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There is nothing evil but what is within us the rest is either natural or accidental.
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Scoffing cometh not of wisdom.
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To the disgrace of men it is seen that there are women both more wise to judge what evil is expected, and more constant to bear it when it happens.
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We become willing servants to the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us.
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