Sidney

Famous quotes containing the word sidney:

“Of highest wish, I wish you so much bliss,—
Hundreds of years you Stella’s feet may kiss!”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

“O sweet woods, the delight of solitariness!”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

“Nor envy’s snaky eye, finds harbour here,
Nor flatterers’ venomous insinuations,
Nor cunning humorists’ puddled opinions,
Nor courteous ruin of proffered usury,
Nor time prattled away, cradle of ignorance,
Nor causeless duty, nor comber of arrogance,
Nor trifling title of vanity dazzleth us,
Nor golden manacles stand for a paradise;”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)