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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
Natural
Nothing
Accidental
Rest
Either
Within
Evil

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The day seems long, but night is odious no sleep, but dreams no dreams but visions strange.
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True bravery is quiet, undemonstrative.
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Either I will find a way, or I will make one.
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Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.
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And thou my minde aspire to higher things Grow rich in that which never taketh rust.
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Love, one time, layeth burdens another time, giveth wings.
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A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate.
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