Famous quotes containing the words sir philip sidney, sir philip, sir and/or sidney:
“Who will in fairest book of Nature know
How virtue may best lodged in beauty be,
Let him but learn of love to read in thee,
Stella, those fair lines which true goodness show.
There shall he find all vices’ overthrow,
Not by rude force, but sweetest sovereignty
Of reason,”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
“Is constant love deemed there but want of wit?”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
“We will get everything out of her that you can squeeze out of a lemon and a bit more.... I will squeeze her until you can hear the pips squeak.”
—Eric, Sir Geddes (1875–1937)
“Of highest wish, I wish you so much bliss,—
Hundreds of years you Stella’s feet may kiss!”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)