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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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Fear is the underminer of all determinations and necessity, the victorious rebel of all laws.
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The lightsome countenance of a friend giveth such an inward decking to the house where it lodgeth, as proudest palaces have cause to envy the gilding.
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Gold can gild a rotten stick, and dirt sully an ingot.
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