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
guests
Inquisitiveness is an uncomely guest.
laughter joy tickling
Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to ourselves and nature: delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present; laughter hath only a scornful tickling.
tyrants license
A popular license is indeed the many-headed tyrant.
may faults shame
The many-headed multitude, whom inconstancy only doth by accident guide to well-doing! Who can set confidence there, where company takes away shame, and each may lay the fault upon his fellow?
wise minerva virtuous
O you virtuous owle, The wise Minerva's only fowle.
patience
Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience.
vain profanity betray
Blasphemous words betray the vain foolishness of the speaker.
moon men quality
Woman was formed to admire; man to be admirable. His are the glories of the sun at noonday; hers the softened splendors of the midnight moon.
generosity giving delight
Some are unwisely liberal, and more delight to give presents than to pay debts.
reason shows cease
Reason cannot show itself more reasonable than to cease reasoning on things above reason.
art eye evil
Reason! how many eyes hast thou to see evils, and how dim, nay, blind, thou art in preventing them.
men errors remember
Remember always, that man is a creature whose reason is often darkened with error.