“Sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge.”
Source: The Defence of Poesy
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Famous Philip Sidney Quotes
“It is a lively spark of nobleness to descend in most favour to one when he is lowest in affliction”
Source: The works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, kt., in prose and verse
“The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.”
Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
“Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.”
“A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.”
Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
“It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.”
Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
“Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts.”
“If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it”
“Anger, the Stoics said, was a short madness.”
Source: English Essays: From Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay
Source: English Essays: From Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay
“Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is.”
Source: The works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, kt., in prose and verse
“The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it.”
“Ring out your bells! Let mourning show be spread! For Love is dead.”
Source: The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sidney, Knt: With a Life of the Author and Illustrative Notes
“No decking sets forth anything so much as affection.”
Source: Sir Philip Sidney: Selected Prose and Poetry
“Who will adhere to him that abandons himself?”
Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
Source: An Apology For Poetry (Or The Defence Of Poesy): Revised and Expanded Second Edition
“A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate.”
“I am no herald to inquire into men's pedigree; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues.”
“No is no negative in a woman's mouth.”
Source: The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia
Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
“Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.”
Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
“All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience.”
Source: Sir Philip Sidney: Selected Prose and Poetry