23 Quotes by Matthew Prior

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

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

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

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

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Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.

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For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.

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Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?

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    When people once are in the wrong, Each line they add is much too long; Who fastest walks, but walks astray, Is only furthest from his way.

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When people once are in the wrong, Each line they add is much too long; Who fastest walks, but walks astray, Is only furthest from his way.

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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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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.

-Matthew Prior

The most entertaining email I've had all week. Great tone.

-Matthew Prior

 

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