Sidney

Famous quotes containing the word sidney:

“With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

“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)

“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)