Quotes Matthew Prior

And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least t...

Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little bl...

Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physi...

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, ho...

For hope is but a dream for those that wake....

For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the sembl...

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

Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake....

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

The ends must justify the means....

They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who nev...

They talk most who have the least to say....

To John I owed great obligation; but John, unhappily, though...

Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest fr...

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

Be to her virtues very kind,
Be to her faults a l...