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The judgment of the world stands upon matter of fortune.

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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
Stands
Fortune
Judgment
Upon
Matter
World

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Love, one time, layeth burdens another time, giveth wings.
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God has appointed us captains of this our bodily fort, which, without treason to that majesty, are never to be delivered over till they are demanded.
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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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The many-headed multitude, whom inconstancy only doth by accident guide to well-doing! Who can set confidence there, where company takes away shame, and each may lay the fault upon his fellow?
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It is no less vain to wish death than it is cowardly to fear it.
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Who shoots at the mid-day sun, though he be so sure he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure as he is, he shall shoot higher than he who aims at a bush.
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Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves and the higher they be, the less they should show.
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