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...the poet, he nothing affirmeth, and therefore never lieth.

...the poet, he nothing affirmeth, and therefore never lieth.

Philip Sidney

Poet, Never Lie

Sir Philip Sidney, William Gray (1829). “The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sidney, Knt: With a Life of the Author and Illustrative Notes”

As the love of the heavens makes us heavenly, the love of virtue virtuous, so doth the love of the world make one become worldly.

Philip Sidney

Heaven, World, Virtue

My thoughts, imprisoned in my secret woes, with flamy breaths do issue oft in sound.

Philip Sidney

Issues, Secret, Sound

Sir Philip Sidney (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics

What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living.

Philip Sidney

Wisdom, Worthy

Vice is but a nurse of agonies.

Philip Sidney

Agony, Nurse, Vices

Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.19

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.

Philip Sidney

Sweet, Flower, Rivers

Philip Sidney, Geoffrey Shepherd, R.W. Maslen (2002). “An Apology For Poetry (Or The Defence Of Poesy): Revised and Expanded Second Edition”, p.85, Manchester University Press

**Did you realize how much a kiss says, Philip???** Oh My Angel I doooo....A KISS is the beginning of, middle to, and end of most things I love about life.

Philip Sidney

Angel, Kissing, Things I Love

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

Philip Sidney

Secret, Life Is, Secrecy

Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.195

The heavens do not send good haps in handfuls; but let us pick out our good by little, and with care, from out much bad, that still our little world may know its king.

Philip Sidney

Kings, Heaven, World

Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.174