"Commonly they must use their feet for defense……" — Philip Sidney
"Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue."
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Philip Sidney
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63 Quotes by Philip Sidney
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Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away.
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To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the very principle…
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Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's…
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The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.
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Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself.
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My true love hath my heart, and I have his
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A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.
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The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept, since the rich keep the feasts and…
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It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.
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Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.
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High erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.
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There is nothing so great that I fear to do it for my friend; nothing so small that I will…
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More Commonly Quotes
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It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer…
— Francis Bacon
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
— Francis Bacon
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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both…
— Ambrose Bierce
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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as…
— Lord Chesterfield
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It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students.
— Edmond H. Fischer
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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.
— Doug Larson
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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
— John Bunyan
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