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What is mine, even to my life, is hers I love but the secret of my friend is not mine!

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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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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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True bravery is quiet, undemonstrative.
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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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Fool, said my muse to me. Look in thy heart and write.
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Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.
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And thou my minde aspire to higher things Grow rich in that which never taketh rust.
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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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He travels safe and not unpleasantly who is guarded by poverty and guided by love.
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Fear is the underminer of all determinations and necessity, the victorious rebel of all laws.
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Plato found fault that the poets of his time filled the world with wrong opinions of the gods, making light tales of that unspotted essence, and therefore would not have the youth depraved with such opinions.
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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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Ring out your bells! Let mourning show be spread! For Love is dead.
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Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away.
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Great captains do never use long orations when it comes to the point of execution.
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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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In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.
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No is no negative in a woman's mouth.
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As the fertilest ground, must be manured, so must the highest flying wit have a Daedalus to guide him.
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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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