English - Poet | July 21, 1664 - September 18, 1721
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
Matthew Prior
InspirationalHopeDreamWhoThose
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
EndTwoOnlyQuarrelTakes
They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.
ThinkTalkDrinkNeverAlwaysTaste
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.
HeartAngerEscapeHardCruelObey
The ends must justify the means.
MustJustifyMeansEnds
For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.
BeautyVirtuePaintDivineJoin
They talk most who have the least to say.
SayTalkWhoMostLeast
And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
SayTalkWhoMostRemarkableLeast
Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
WayOnlyWhoWalksHisFastest
Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
BlindKindVirtueLittleFaults
Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
NightPhysicianYesterdayDisease
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