Quotes by Matthew Prior
And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
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.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.
Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
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.
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.
The ends must justify the means.
They talk most who have the least to say.
Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
But Thou that know'st Love above Intrest or lust Strew the Myrtle and Rose on this once belov'd Dust...
They always talk who never think.
They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say.
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
A diff'rent cause, says Parson Sly, The same effect may give: Poor Lubin fears, that he shall die; His wife, that he may live.
Be to her virtues very kind. Be to her faults a little blind.
