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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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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
Ever
Chief
Notwithstanding
Self
Chiefs
Achilles
Make
Confidence
Magnanimity
Necessary
Homer
Therefore
Doth
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Armed
Care
Furniture
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Nurse

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