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Philip Sidney Quotes about Greatness

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Great is not great to the greater.

Great is not great to the greater.

Philip Sidney
Greatness, Greater
Philip Sidney (1873). “The Complete Poems of Sir Philip Sidney ...”, p.21

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

Philip Sidney
Greatness, Air, Should

Whatever comes out of despair cannot bear the title of valor, which should be lifted up to such a height that holding all things under itself, it should be able to maintain its greatness, even in the midst of miseries.

Philip Sidney
Greatness, Despair, Able
Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.151

For as much as to understand and to be mighty are great qualities, the higher that they be, they are so much the less to be esteemed if goodness also abound not in the possessor.

Philip Sidney
Greatness, Quality, Goodness
Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.18

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