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No is no negative in a woman's mouth.

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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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It is no less vain to wish death than it is cowardly to fear it.
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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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They love indeed who quake to say they love.
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Ring out your bells! Let mourning show be spread! For Love is dead.
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Much more may a judge overweigh himself in cruelty than in clemency.
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Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience.
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Who shoots at the mid-day sun, though he be so sure he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure as he is, he shall shoot higher than he who aims at a bush.
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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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Inquisitiveness is an uncomely guest.
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Ungratefulness is the very poison of manhood.
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Blasphemous words betray the vain foolishness of the speaker.
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Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.
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Provision is the foundation of hospitality, and thrift the fuel of magnificence.
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Courage without discipline is nearer beastliness than manhood.
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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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The judgment of the world stands upon matter of fortune.
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A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.
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A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood.
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With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
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