Philip Sidney Quotes

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• Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

  Philip Sidney

  Motivational, Education, Stay Strong

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• A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate.

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  Heart, Character, Noble

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• Poetry, a speaking picture to teach and delight.

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  Delight, Teach

  "An Apology of Poetry, or The Defence of Poesy". Book by Philip Sidney, 1595.

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• If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

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  Work, Neglect, Enjoy

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• Fear is far more painful to cowardice than death to true courage.

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  Fear, Painful, Cowardice

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.101

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• Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

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  Gossip, Rumor, Behind Your Back

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• My true love hath my heart, and I have his

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  Love, Marriage, Wedding

  'The Arcadia' (1590) bk. 3

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• A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.

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  Power, Authority, Command

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.79

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• Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low.

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  Peace, Sleep, Insomnia

  'Astrophel and Stella' (1591) sonnet 39

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• The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

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  Life, Happiness, Fitness

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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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  Being Strong, Stay Strong, Nature

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• Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.

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  Men, Action, Goodness

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.27

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• Hope itself is a pain, while it is overmatched by fear.

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  Hope, Pain

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.156

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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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  Sun, Mark, Aim

  'The Arcadia' (1590) bk. 2

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• The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.

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  Honesty, Lying, Heart

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.23

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• Love, one time, layeth burdens; another time, giveth wings.

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  Love, Wings, Burden

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• A noble cause doth ease much a grievous case.

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  Noble, Ease, Causes

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.121

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• Great is not great to the greater.

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  Greatness, Greater

  Philip Sidney (1873). “The Complete Poems of Sir Philip Sidney ...”, p.21

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• Whether your time calls you to live or die, do both like a prince.

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  Duty, Dies

  Sir Philip Sidney (1983). “Sir Philip Sidney: Selected Prose and Poetry”, p.269, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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• No is no negative in a woman's mouth.

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  Negative, Mouths, Refusal

  Sir Philip Sidney (1590). “The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia”, p.452

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• Courage without discipline is nearer beastliness than manhood.

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  Courage, Discipline, Manhood

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.72

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• There have been many most excellent poets that have never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the name of poets.

  Philip Sidney

  Names, Needs, Answers

  Philip Sidney, Geoffrey Shepherd, R.W. Maslen (2002). “An Apology For Poetry (Or The Defence Of Poesy): Revised and Expanded Second Edition”, p.87, Manchester University Press

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• In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.

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  Hero, Victory, Glory

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.62

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• It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.

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  Sleep, Lions

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• The highest point outward things can bring unto, is the contentment of the mind; with which no estate can be poor, without which all estates will be miserable.

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  Mind, Contentment, Miserable

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.163

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