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Any base heart can devise means of vileness, and affix the ugly shapings of its own fancy to the actions of those around him; but it requires loftiness of mind, and the heaven-born spirit of virtue, to imagine greatness where it is not, and to deck the sordid objects of nature in the beautiful robes of loveliness and light.
Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks (1807)
Lachrymal counsellors, with one foot in the cave of despair, and the other invading the peace of their friends, are the paralyzers of action, the pests of society, and the subtlest homicides in the world; they poison with a tear; and convey a dagger to the heart while they press you to their bosoms.
Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks (1807)
It has been wisely said, "that well may thy guardian angel suffer thee to lose thy locks, when thou darest wilfully to lay thy head in the lap of temptation!" Was it not easier for the hero of Judæa to avoid the touch of the fair Philistine, than to elude her power when held in her arms?
Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks (1807)
How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping!
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Plain dealing is easiest and best.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us; and it is hardly possible for one man to be more unlike another than he that forbears to avenge himself of wrong is to him who did the wrong.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)