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Philip Sidney, born on November 30, 1554, and died on October 17, 1586, was a prominent poet, playwright, and critic during the English Renaissance. His works are renowned for their elegant style and profound thought, leaving a lasting impact on literature.

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Famous Philip Sidney Quotes

“Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too-much-loved earth more lovely; her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden.”

World May Done Earth Rich Too Much Tree Poet Sweet Flower Rivers Lovely Golden Pleasant Tapestry Brazen

Book:An Apology For Poetry (Or The Defence Of Poesy): Revised and Expanded Second Edition

Source: An Apology For Poetry (Or The Defence Of Poesy): Revised and Expanded Second Edition

“Plato found fault that the poets of his time filled the world with wrong opinions of the gods, making light tales of that unspotted essence, and therefore would not have the youth depraved with such opinions.”

World Light Found Opinion Youth Poet Essence Filled Faults Tales Plato Depraved

Book:The works of the Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, kt. in prose and verse: In three volumes. ...

Source: The works of the Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, kt. in prose and verse: In three volumes. ...

“There is no dearth of charity in the world in giving, but there is comparatively little exercised in thinking and speaking.”

Thinking World Giving Littles Charity

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“Our poor eyes were so enriched as to behold, and our low hearts so exalted as to love, a maid who is such, that as the greatest thing the world can show is her beauty, so the least thing that may be praised in her is her beauty.”

World Heart May Shows Eye Poor Lows Exalted Maids Her Beauty Attractiveness

Book:The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Source: The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

“The heavens do not send good haps in handfuls; but let us pick out our good by little, and with care, from out much bad, that still our little world may know its king.”

Knows World May Littles Stills Care Heaven Kings Picks Fortune Handful

Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

“High honor is not only gotten and born by pain and danger, but must be nursed by the like, else it vanisheth as soon as it appears to the world.”

World Pain Born Danger Honor

Author:Philip Sidney

“The judgment of the world stands upon matter of fortune.”

World Matter Judgment Fortune

Book:The works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, kt., in prose and verse

Source: The works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, kt., in prose and verse

“As the love of the heavens makes us heavenly, the love of virtue virtuous, so doth the love of the world make one become worldly.”

World Heaven Virtue Heavenly Virtuous Worldly Worldliness

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“For the uttering sweetly and properly the conceit of the mind, English hath it equally with any other tongue in the world.”

World Mind Tongue Conceit

Book:Sir Philip Sidney: Selected Prose and Poetry

Source: Sir Philip Sidney: Selected Prose and Poetry