Famous quotes containing the words sidney and/or johnson:
“those far-fet helps be such
As do bewray a want of inward touch,
and sure at length stolen goods do come to light.
But if, both for your love and skill, your name
You seek to nurse at fullest breasts of Fame,
Stella behold, and then begin to indite.”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
“This mournful truth is ev’rywhere confessed,
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
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