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He must needs go that the devil drives. - [Fate] Honor, the spur that pricks the princely mind. - [Honor] Villain, a horse--Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly, To swim the river, villain, and to fly. - Battle of Alcazar (act V, l. 104) [Horses] My merry, merry, merry roundelay, Concludes with Cupid's curse, They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse! - Cupid's Curse; From the Arraignment of Paris [Change : Love] Rhyme nor reason. - said by Edward I [Poetry] What thing is love?--for (well I wot) love is a thing. It is a prick, it is a sting. It is a pretty, pretty thing; It is a fire, it is a coal, Whose flame creeps in at every hole! - Miscellaneous Poems--The Hunting of Cupid [Love] His helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lover's sonnets turn'd to holy psalms; A man at arms must now serve on his knees, And feed on prayers, which are his age's alms. - Sonnet ad fin--Polyhymnia [Peace] His golden locks time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing. - Sonnet--Polyhymnia [Proverbs : Time] His golden locks time hath to silver turned. - Sonnet--Polyhymnia [Proverbs : Time] Honour, the spur that pricks the princely mind, To follow rule and climb the stately chair. - The Battle of Alcazar (act I) [Honor]
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