Philip Sidney
Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidneywas an English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. His works include Astrophel and Stella, The Defence of Poesy, and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 November 1554
confusion matter causes
Malice, in its false witness, promotes its tale with so cunning a confusion, so mingles truths with falsehoods, surmises with certainties, causes of no moment with matters capital, that the accused can absolutely neither grant nor deny, plead innocen.
death done said
To be rhymed to death as is said to be done in Ireland.
angel kissing things-i-love
**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 things I love about life....
heart courtesy
High erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.
sports warrior flirting
Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.
happiness great-happiness praiseworthy
It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.
feet weapons tongue
Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.
honesty heart advantages-and-disadvantages
The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.
affection
No decking sets forth anything so much as affection.
self abandon
Who will adhere to him that abandons himself?
veterans-day spring roots
A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.
doubt suspicion condemning
Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.
advice bravery mind
Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude.
knowledge action should
The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action.