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Sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge.

Sir Philip Sidney

He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner.

Sir Philip Sidney

I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet.

Sir Philip Sidney

High-erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.

Sir Philip Sidney

They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.

Sir Philip Sidney

Many-headed multitude.

Sir Philip Sidney

My dear, my better half.

Sir Philip Sidney

Fool! said my muse to me, look in thy heart, and write.

Sir Philip Sidney

Have I caught my heav'nly jewel.

Sir Philip Sidney

Manus haec inimica tyrannis
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.

Algernon Sidney

Liars ought to have good memories.

Algernon Sidney

Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small.

Algernon Sidney

God helps those who help themselves.

Algernon Sidney

It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.

Algernon Sidney

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

Sir Philip Sidney

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Philip Sidney

The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.

Philip Sidney

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow. -Sir Philip Sidney.

Sir Philip Sidney

God helps those who help themselves.

Algernon Sidney

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Philip Sidney

Liars need to have good memories.

Algernon Sidney

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Algernon Sidney

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.

Phillip Sidney

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

Philip Sidney

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