And thou my minde aspire to higher things;_x000D_ _x000D_ Grow rich in that which never taketh rust.
Philip SidneyRead
A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True bravery is shown more in facing challenges than in the initial moment of fear.
This quote by Philip Sidney emphasizes the idea that true courage is not about the absence of fear but rather about how one responds to difficulties once they arise. A true knight, or a person of integrity and valor, demonstrates their strength not just when danger appears, but more significantly in how they handle themselves during the heat of the moment when danger is imminent.
Themes
BraveryCourageDangerKnightStrength
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about leadership, one might say, 'As Philip Sidney observed, a true knight's bravery is revealed not at the onset of danger but in the moments that follow.'
More from Philip Sidney
All quotes βSo, then, the best of the historian is subject to the poet; for whatsoever action or faction, whatsoever counsel, policy, or war-stratagem the historian is bound to recite, that may the poet, if he list, with his imitation make his own, beautifying it both for further teaching and more delighting, as it pleaseth him; having all, from Danteβs Heaven to his Hell, under the authority of his pen.
Philip SidneyRead
Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away.
Philip SidneyRead
Fool," said my muse to me. "Look in thy heart and write.
Philip SidneyRead
If you have so earth-creeping a mind that it cannot lift itself up to look to the sky of poetry... thus much curse I must send you, in the behalf of all poets, that while you live, you live in love, and never get favour for lacking skill of a sonnet; and, when you die, your memory die from the earth for want of an epitaph.
Philip SidneyRead
In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.
Philip SidneyRead
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