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
giving soldier battle
As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.
generosity giving delight
Some are unwisely liberal, and more delight to give presents than to pay debts.
appreciation giving tribute
Give tribute, but not oblation, to human wisdom.
wise giving advice
Who will ever give counsel, if the counsel be judged by the event, and if it be not found wise, shall therefore be thought wicked?
thinking giving charity
There is no dearth of charity in the world in giving, but there is comparatively little exercised in thinking and speaking.
giving debt delight
Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts.
judging may clemency
Much more may a judge overweigh himself in cruelty than in clemency.
moon sky faces
With how sad steps, O moon, thou climb'st the skies! How silently, and with how wan a face!
perfection wit knows
Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is.
bravery quiet
True bravery is quiet, undemonstrative.
heart yellow done
In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.
wife desire firsts
Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve.
blow rumor substance
How violently do rumors blow the sails of popular judgments! How few there be that can discern between truth and truth-likeness, between shows and substance!
passion bent
He whom passion rules, is bent to meet his death.