221 Quotes by Philip Sidney

Whether your time calls you to live or die, do both like a prince.

Weigh not so much what men assert, as what they prove. Truth is simple and naked, and needs not invention to apparel her comeliness.

The day seems long, but night is odious; no sleep, but dreams; no dreams but visions strange.

Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself.

Fear is the underminer of all determinations; and necessity, the victorious rebel of all laws.

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.

There is a certain delicacy which in yielding conquers; and with a pitiful look makes one find cause to crave help one's self.

It is against womanhood to be forward in their own wishes.

Poetry, a speaking picture... to teach and delight