Let this list of 16 quotations by the English poet Matthew Prior lead you to an inspirational day. Recharge yourself with motivational talk, taste, love sayings, and satisfy your hunger for a better life.
What are the best Matthew Prior quotes?
We've made this hand-picked collection of quotes to show you what is Matthew Prior truly willing to say and leave for generations. Whether an inspirational quote or a motivational message about giving your best, we can all benefit from the wisdom, captured within these words.
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They talk most who have the least to say.
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Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
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Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
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And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
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Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
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They never taste who always drink; they always talk who never think.
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Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.
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In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
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Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
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Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
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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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They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.
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About Matthew Prior
| Quotes | 16 sayings |
| Nationality | English |
| Profession | Poet |
| Birthday | October 16 |
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Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
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For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.
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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.
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The ends must justify the means.
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