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Fear is the underminer of all determinations and necessity, the victorious rebel of all laws.

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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
Determination
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Fear
Determinations
Victorious
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Necessity

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Truth is the ground of science, the centre wherein all things repose, and is the type of eternity.
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What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living.
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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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