Sidney/people

Famous quotes containing the words sidney and/or people:

    “Well, begone, begone, I say,
    Lest that Argus’ eyes perceive you.’
    Oh, unjust Fortunes sway,
    Which can make me thus to leave you,
    And from louts to run away.”
    —Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

    “Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.”
    —Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)