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In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.

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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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Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too-much-loved earth more lovely her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden.
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A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate.
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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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For as much as to understand and to be mighty are great qualities, the higher that they be, they are so much the less to be esteemed if goodness also abound not in the possessor.
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Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself.
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