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  • Courage ought to be guided by skill, and skill armed by courage. Neither should hardiness darken wit, nor wit cool hardiness. Be valiant as men despising death, but confident as unwonted to be overcome.

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    Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.68

  • As the fertilest ground, must be manured, so must the highest flying wit have a Daedalus to guide him.

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    Sir Philip Sidney, William Gray (1860). “The miscellaneous works of Sir Philip Sidney, knt: with a life of the author and illustrative notes”, p.111

  • Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is.

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    Sir Philip Sidney (1724). “The works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, kt., in prose and verse”

  • 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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    'Astrophel and Stella' (1591) sonnet 39
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Philip Sidney

  • Born: November 30, 1554
  • Died: October 17, 1586
  • Occupation: Poet
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