Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Re...
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“Desire, desire! I have too dearly bought, With price of mangled mind, thy worthless ware.”
“I am not I; pity the tale of me.”
“Often extraordinary excellence, not being rightly conceived, does rather offend than please.”
“Fear is the underminer of all determinations; and necessity, the victorious rebel of all laws.”
“The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine.”
“There is little hope of equity where rebellion reigns.”
“What is mine, even to my life, is hers I love; but the secret of my friend is not mine!”
“In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.”
“A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.”
“Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.”
“A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood.”
“Give tribute, but not oblation, to human wisdom.”
“Every base occupation makes one sharp in its practice, and dull in every other.”
“As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.”
“Great captains do never use long orations when it comes to the point of execution.”
“A noble cause doth ease much a grievous case.”
“Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve.”
“Self-love is better than any gilding to make that seem gorgeous wherein ourselves be parties.”