221 Quotes by Philip Sidney

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

What is mine, even to my life, is hers I love; but the secret of my friend is not mine!

A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.

In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his

All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience.

There is no man suddenly either excellently good or extremely evil, but grows either as he holds himself up in virtue or lets himself slide to viciousness.

What is birth to a man if it shall be a stain to his dead ancestors to have left such an offspring?

Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.