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
war law soldier
Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers roll.
plato light essence
Plato found fault that the poets of his time filled the world with wrong opinions of the gods, making light tales of that unspotted essence, and therefore would not have the youth depraved with such opinions.
truth simple men
Weigh not so much what men assert, as what they prove. Truth is simple and naked, and needs not invention to apparel her comeliness.
determination law rebel
Fear is the underminer of all determinations; and necessity, the victorious rebel of all laws.
sweet flower rivers
Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too-much-loved earth more lovely; her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden.
delight teach
Poetry, a speaking picture... to teach and delight
pain life-and-death monsters
The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine.
excellence doe please
Often extraordinary excellence, not being rightly conceived, does rather offend than please.
sun mark aim
Who shoots at the mid-day sun, though he be so sure he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure as he is, he shall shoot higher than he who aims at a bush.
fall firsts deceit
It many times falls out that we deem ourselves much deceived in others because we first deceived ourselves.
littles reign rebellion
There is little hope of equity where rebellion reigns.
secret life-is secrecy
What is mine, even to my life, is hers I love; but the secret of my friend is not mine!
hero victory glory
In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.
experience lips want
All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience.