Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers roll.
Philip SidneyAs the fertilest ground, must be manured, so must the highest flying wit have a Daedalus to guide him.
Philip SidneyHigh honor is not only gotten and born by pain and danger, but must be nursed by the like, else it vanisheth as soon as it appears to the world.
Philip SidneyWith a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
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