Matthew Prior Quotes

#1. Hope is but the dream of those who wake.

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#2. Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born.

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#3. And hope is but a dream of those that wake.

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#4. Be to her virtues very kind,
Be to her faults a little blind.

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#5. For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.

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#6. Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.

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#7. The end must justify the means.

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#8. And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.

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#9. They talk most who have least to say.

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#10. It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

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#11. They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.

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#12. Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.

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#13. Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.

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#14. Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.

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#15. The ends must justify the means.

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