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O you virtuous owle, The wise Minerva's only fowle.

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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
Minerva
Virtuous
Wise

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As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.
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Provision is the foundation of hospitality, and thrift the fuel of magnificence.
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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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Fear is the underminer of all determinations and necessity, the victorious rebel of all laws.
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It is cruelty in war that buyeth conquest.
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Fool, said my muse to me. Look in thy heart and write.
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Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for it and therefore, of all the Grecians, Homer doth ever make Achilles the best armed.
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The general goodness, which is nourished in noble hearts makes every one think that strength of virtue to be in another whereof they find assured foundation in themselves.
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A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate.
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Weigh not so much what men assert, as what they prove. Truth is simple and naked, and needs not invention to apparel her comeliness.
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As the love of the heavens makes us heavenly, the love of virtue virtuous, so doth the love of the world make one become worldly.
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It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.
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Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude.
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A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.
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Either I will find a way, or I will make one.
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