All Philip Sidney Quotes
- Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away. Brooks
- To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the very principle and incentive of virtue; but… Ambition
- 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… Baiting
- The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. Credulity
- Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself. All
- Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue. Commonly
- My true love hath my heart, and I have his Couple
- A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring. Branches
- The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts. Church
- It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy. Great
- Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum. Cupid
- High erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy. Courtesy
- There is nothing so great that I fear to do it for my friend; nothing so small that I will disdain to do it for… Disdain
- Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts. Debt
- If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it Dislike
- **Did you realize how much a kiss says, Philip???** Oh My Angel I doooo....A KISS is the beginning of, middle to, and end of most… Angel
- In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like… Appears
- Anger, the Stoics said, was a short madness. Anger
- So, then, the best of the historian is subject to the poet; for whatsoever action or faction, whatsoever counsel, policy, or war-stratagem the historian is… Action
- Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is. Erected
- The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it. Best
- With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner. Children
- Ring out your bells! Let mourning show be spread! For Love is dead. Bells
- No decking sets forth anything so much as affection. Affection
- Who will adhere to him that abandons himself? Abandon