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Who shoots at the mid-day sun, though he be sure that he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure is he that he shall shoot higher than he who aims but at a bush.
Who shoots at the mid-day sun, though he be sure that he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure is he that he shall shoot higher than he who aims but at a bush.
Approximate author period: c. 1570 AD · renaissance
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- Sir Philip Sidney
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- Approximate author period: c. 1570 AD · renaissance
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 415; printed byline: Sir Philip Sidney; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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