"So, then, the best of the historian is……" — Philip Sidney
"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 bound to recite, that may the poet, if he list, with his imitation make his own, beautifying it both for further teaching and more delighting, as it pleaseth him; having all, from Dante’s Heaven to his Hell, under the authority of his pen."
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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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Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.
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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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