There is nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion by authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass. Philip Sidney More Quotes by Philip Sidney More Quotes From Philip Sidney Ring out your bells! Let mourning show be spread! For Love is dead. Philip Sidney bells mourning love No decking sets forth anything so much as affection. Philip Sidney affection To be rhymed to death as is said to be done in Ireland. Philip Sidney done said death But words came halting forth, wanting Invention's stay; Philip Sidney heart writing children High-erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy. Philip Sidney courtesy heart The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action. Philip Sidney ends action knowledge Who will adhere to him that abandons himself? Philip Sidney abandon self I am no herald to inquire into men's pedigree; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues. Philip Sidney pedigree virtue men A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate. Philip Sidney noble heart character Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves. Philip Sidney condemning suspicion doubt Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life. Philip Sidney goodness action men Weigh not so much what men assert, as what they prove. Truth is simple and naked, and needs not invention to apparel her comeliness. Philip Sidney simple truth men Plato found fault that the poets of his time filled the world with wrong opinions of the gods, making light tales of that unspotted essence, and therefore would not have the youth depraved with such opinions. Philip Sidney light essence plato Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is. Philip Sidney wit perfection knows All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience. Philip Sidney lips experience want It is not good to wake a sleeping lion. Philip Sidney lions sleep 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 flower rivers sweet It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail. Philip Sidney excellent prison grace A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood. Philip Sidney courtesy gains kindness Thinking nurseth thinking. Philip Sidney thinking
