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Men Quotes by Philip Sidney
- 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…
- Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself.
- With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
- I am no herald to inquire into men's pedigree; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues.
- There is no man suddenly either excellently good or extremely evil, but grows either as he holds himself up in virtue or lets himself slide…
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