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Matthew Prior [1664-1721] English
Rank: 104
Poet (with poems)



Matthew Prior was an English poet and diplomat. He is also known as a contributor to The Examiner.

Anger, Hope, Inspirational



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Hope is but the dream of those who wake. Hope, Inspirational
101
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. Anger
102
The ends must justify the means.
103
And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
104
They talk most who have the least to say.
105
They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.
106
Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
107
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
108
Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
109
Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
110
For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.
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