Philip Sidney Quotes
It is no less vain to wish death than it is cowardly to fear it.
Citations
Sidney, Philip. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. William Ponsonby, 1590.
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Sometimes paraphrased as “the coward dies a thousand deaths, but the brave man dies but once.”
He was later assassinated.
Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. His works include Astrophel and Stella, The Defence of Poesy (also known as The Defence of Poetry or An Apology for Poetry) and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia.