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«Honor, the spur that pricks the princely mind»
Author: George Peele | Keywords: princely, spur
«It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.»
Author: Harold W. Dodds | About: Security | Keywords: adage, insecurity, spur
«I'm very 'spur of the moment'. I'm always trying to think of fun things to do to create a memory.»
Author: Josh Hartnett | Keywords: spur-of-the-moment, spur, spurred, Things to do
«For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.»
Author: Xenophon | About: Horses | Keywords: compulsion, dancer, observes, Simon, Simon A, spur, whip
«Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger»
Author: Francis Quarles (Poet) | About: Fear | Keywords: spur
«Fear is a fine spur, so is rage»
Author: Irish Sayings | About: Fear, Madness | Keywords: rage, spur, spurred
«Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided»
Author: John Locke (Philosopher) | About: Evil, Goodness, Mankind, Motives | Keywords: guided, motives, rational, rein, reined, reins, set on, spur, spurred, whereby
«Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days»
Author: John Milton (Historian, Poet, Scholar) | About: Fame | Keywords: laborious, noble-minded, spur
«Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | Keywords: calamity, spur
«How all occasions do inform against me.And spur my dull revenge! What is a man,If his chief good and market of his timeBe but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: Against Me, beast, inform, occasions, spur
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