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There is nothing evil but what is within us the rest is either natural or accidental.

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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
Rest
Either
Within
Evil
Natural
Nothing
Accidental

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In the truly great, virtue governs with the sceptre of knowledge.
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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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Whatever comes out of despair cannot bear the title of valor, which should be lifted up to such a height that holding all things under itself, it should be able to maintain its greatness, even in the midst of miseries.
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What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living.
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Valor is abased by too much loftiness.
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He travels safe and not unpleasantly who is guarded by poverty and guided by 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 noble cause doth ease much a grievous case.
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How violently do rumors blow the sails of popular judgments! How few there be that can discern between truth and truth-likeness, between shows and substance!
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A popular license is indeed the many-headed tyrant.
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**Did you realize how much a kiss says, Philip???** Oh My Angel I doooo....A KISS is the beginning of, middle to, and end of most things I love about life.
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A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.
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A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood.
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As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.
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Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience.
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My thoughts, imprisoned in my secret woes, with flamy breaths do issue oft in sound.
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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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