23 Quotes by Matthew Prior

And hope is but a dream of those that wake.

The end must justify the means.

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

They talk most who have least to say.

They talk most who have the least to say.

Hope is but the dream of those who wake.

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.

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

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