Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves. — Philip Sidney Condemning Copy Share Image
In shame there is no comfort but to be beyond all bounds of shame. — Philip Sidney Bounds Copy Share Image
Fear is far more painful to cowardice than death to true courage. — Philip Sidney Courage Copy Share Image
Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess? Do they call virtue there ungratefulness? — Philip Sidney Character Copy Share Image
Provision is the foundation of hospitality, and thrift the fuel of magnificence. — Philip Sidney Foundation Copy Share Image
Much more may a judge overweigh himself in cruelty than in clemency. — Philip Sidney Clemency Copy Share Image
Blasphemous words betray the vain foolishness of the speaker. — Philip Sidney Betray Copy Share Image
What is mine, even to my life, is hers I love; but the secret of my friend is not mine! — Philip Sidney Friend Copy Share Image
The violence of sorrow is not at the first to be striven withal; being, like a mighty beast, sooner tamed with following… — Philip Sidney Beast Copy Share Image
There have been many most excellent poets that have never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the… — Philip Sidney Answers Copy Share Image
You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness. — Philip Sidney Age Copy Share Image
**Did you realize how much a kiss says, Philip???** Oh My Angel I doooo…A KISS is the beginning of, middle to, and… — Philip Sidney Angel Copy Share Image
There is no man suddenly either excellently good or extremely evil, but grows either as he holds himself up in virtue or… — Philip Sidney Character Copy Share Image
There is nothing so great that I fear to do it for my friend; nothing so small that I will disdain to… — Philip Sidney Disdain Copy Share Image
It is manifest that all government of action is to be gotten by knowledge, and knowledge best, by gathering many knowledges, which… — Philip Sidney Action Copy Share Image
Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the… — Philip Sidney Certain Copy Share Image
Our poor eyes were so enriched as to behold, and our low hearts so exalted as to love, a maid who is… — Philip Sidney Attractiveness Copy Share Image
Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for… — Philip Sidney Achilles Copy Share Image
If any sensual weakness arise, we are to yield all our sound forces to the overthrowing of so unnatural a rebellion; wherein… — Philip Sidney Adversaries Copy Share Image
But words came halting forth, wanting Invention's stay; Invention, Nature's child, fled stepdame Study's blows; And others' feet still seemed but strangers… — Philip Sidney Biting Copy Share Image
When it shall please God to bring thee to man's estate, use great providence and circumspection in choosing thy wife. For from… — Philip Sidney Action Copy Share Image
Plato found fault that the poets of his time filled the world with wrong opinions of the gods, making light tales of… — Philip Sidney Essence Copy Share Image
So, then, the best of the historian is subject to the poet; for whatsoever action or faction, whatsoever counsel, policy, or war-stratagem… — Philip Sidney Action Copy Share Image
“For grammar it [poetry] might have, but it needs it not; being so easy in itself, and so void of those cumbersome… — Philip Sidney Grammar Copy Share Image
“Stella, the only planet of my light, Light of my life, and life of my desire, Chief good, whereto my hope doth… — Philip Sidney Desire Copy Share Image
“My true-love hath my heart and I have his, By just exchange one for the other given: I hold his dear, and… — Philip Sidney Heart Copy Share Image
“Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show, That she (dear she) might take some pleasure of my pain;… — Philip Sidney Books Copy Share Image