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Philip Sidney Quotes: I am no herald to inquire into men's pedigree; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues.
         

I am no herald to inquire into men's pedigree; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues.


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It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.



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.

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.



It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.



My true love hath my heart, and I have his

My true love hath my heart, and I have his



The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.



Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.



Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.



Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.

Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.



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

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



Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.





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We have the same problem as everyone else: It's very hard to predict the future.

We have the same problem as everyone else: It's very hard to predict the future.



I mean, of course that's a theoretical question, and we don't know what it would be for, and we don't know how many numbers there are. I am against American combat troops being in Syria and Iraq.

I mean, of course that's a theoretical question, and we don't know what it would be for, and we don't know how many numbers there are. I am against American combat troops being in Syria and Iraq.



The key to wealth is to learn how to make money while you sleep

The key to wealth is to learn how to make money while you sleep



I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman it amazes me still.

I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman it amazes me still.



Recite your Rosary with faith, with humility, with confidence, and with perseverance.

Recite your Rosary with faith, with humility, with confidence, and with perseverance.



It is in the nature of things that some people should be unlucky enough to get their heads chopped off.

It is in the nature of things that some people should be unlucky enough to get their heads chopped off.



The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.



Talk less, but with more awareness. Every word you use, use purposefully.

Talk less, but with more awareness. Every word you use, use purposefully.



If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.




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