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
doubt suspicion condemning
Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.
experience lips want
All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience.
affection
No decking sets forth anything so much as affection.
peace sleep insomnia
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 indifferent judge between the high and low.
honesty heart advantages-and-disadvantages
The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.
feet weapons tongue
Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.
veterans-day spring roots
A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.
happiness great-happiness praiseworthy
It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.
heart courtesy
High erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.
blessing benefits action
In the performance of a good action, we not only benefit ourselves, but we confer a blessing upon others.
delight teach
Poetry, a speaking picture... to teach and delight
sea law ignorant
Laws are not made like lime-twigs or nets, to catch everything that toucheth them; but rather like sea-marks, to guide from shipwreck the ignorant passenger.
heart exercise age
You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness.
education hands keys
It depends on education--that holder of the keys which the Almighty hath put into our hands--to open the gates which lead to virtue or to vice, to happiness or misery.