Matthew Prior quotes

The end must justify the means. (Matthew Prior)
They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think. View quote
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Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician. View quote
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For hope is but the dream of those that wake. View quote
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A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale. View quote
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Till their own dreams at length decive 'em, And oft repeating, they believe 'em. View quote
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Soft peace she brings; wherever she arrives She builds our quiet as she forms our lives; Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven. View quote
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Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart, And often took leave, but was loth to depart. View quote
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All jargon of the schools. View quote
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Our hopes, like towering falcons, aim At objects in an airy height; The little pleasure of the game Is from afar to view the flight. View quote
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From ignorance our comfort flows. The only wretched are the wise. (Matthew Prior)
Be to her virtues very kind; Be to her faults a little blind; Let all her ways be unconfined; And clap your padlock - on her mind! View quote
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That air and harmony of shape express, Fine by degrees, and beautifully less. View quote
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Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve: Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher? View quote
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Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise. View quote
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To John I owed great obligation; But John, unhappily, thought fit To publish it to all the nation: Sure John and I are more than quit. View quote
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Abra was ready ere I called her name; And though I called another, Abra came. View quote
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Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song? View quote
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Venus, take my votive glass; Since I am not what I was, What from this day I shall be, Venus, let me never see. View quote
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That if weak women went astray, Their stars were more in fault than they. View quote
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He ranged his tropes, and preached up patience; Backed his opinion with quotations. (Matthew Prior)
His noble negligences teach What others' toils despair to reach. View quote
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Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born. View quote
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They talk most who have the least to say. View quote
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Be to her virtues very kind. Be to her faults a little blind. View quote
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