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What is birth to a man if it shall be a stain to his dead ancestors to have left such an offspring?
Philip Sidney
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Philip Sidney
Age: 31 †
Born: 1554
Born: November 30
Died: 1586
Died: October 17
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To be rhymed to death as is said to be done in Ireland.
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Take thou of me, sweet pillowes, sweetest bed A chamber deafe of noise, and blind of light, A rosie garland and a weary hed.
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Liking is not always the child of beauty but whatsoever is liked, to the liker is beautiful.
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Love, one time, layeth burdens another time, giveth wings.
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The judgment of the world stands upon matter of fortune.
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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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