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Philip Sidney
Age: 31 †
Born: 1554
Born: November 30
Died: 1586
Died: October 17
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There is no man suddenly either excellently good or extremely evil, but grows either as he holds himself up in virtue or lets himself slide to viciousness.
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It is manifest that all government of action is to be gotten by knowledge, and knowledge best, by gathering many knowledges, which is reading.
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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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Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself.
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A popular license is indeed the many-headed tyrant.
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It is no less vain to wish death than it is cowardly to fear it.
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Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers roll.
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All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience.
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In the truly great, virtue governs with the sceptre of knowledge.
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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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In the performance of a good action, we not only benefit ourselves, but we confer a blessing upon others.
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They love indeed who quake to say they love.
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It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.
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A dull head thinks of no better way to show himself wise, than by suspecting everything in his way.
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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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Much more may a judge overweigh himself in cruelty than in clemency.
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The highest point outward things can bring unto, is the contentment of the mind with which no estate can be poor, without which all estates will be miserable.
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Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to ourselves and nature: delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present laughter hath only a scornful tickling.
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