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And thou my minde aspire to higher things; Grow rich in that which never taketh rust.

And thou my minde aspire to higher things; Grow rich in that which never taketh rust.

Approximate author period: c. 1570 AD · renaissance

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Author or tradition
Sir Philip Sidney
Attribution: attributed
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Approximate author period: c. 1570 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1554–1586)
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Recorded source
Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)

Printed page 423 · quotation 4 · Sir Philip Sidney · Sonnet. Leave me, O Love.

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