What did Philip Sidney mean by: Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess? Do they call virtue there ungratefulness? - Philip Sidney Poet and courtier · England Copy
+ With how sad steps, O moon, thou climb’st the skies! How silently, and with how wan a face! Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Philip Sidney, Faces, Moon, Sky, 0 - Philip Sidney Poet and courtier · England
+ It is a lively spark of nobleness to descend in most favour to one when he is lowest in affliction Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Philip Sidney, Affliction, Sparks, Sympathy, 0 - Philip Sidney Poet and courtier · England
+ A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Philip Sidney, Authority, Command, Power, 0 - Philip Sidney Poet and courtier · England
+ And thou my minde aspire to higher things; Grow rich in that which never taketh rust. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Philip Sidney, Knowledge, Rich, Rust, 0 - Philip Sidney Poet and courtier · England
+ The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Philip Sidney, Children, Example, Legacy, 0 - Philip Sidney Poet and courtier · England
+ Much more may a judge overweigh himself in cruelty than in clemency. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Philip Sidney, Judging, 0 - Philip Sidney Poet and courtier · England
+ A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Philip Sidney, Leadership, Spring, Veterans Day, 0 - Philip Sidney Poet and courtier · England
+ The truly great man is as apt to forgive as his power is able to revenge. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Philip Sidney, Forgiveness, Revenge, 0 - Philip Sidney Poet and courtier · England
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland