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Matthew Prior
26 quotes
“Our hopes, like towering falcons, aim At objects in an airy height; The little pleasure of the game Is from afar to view the flight.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1692 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To the Honorable Charles Montague (1692).
“From ignorance our comfort flows. The only wretched are the wise.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1692 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To the Honorable Charles Montague (1692).
“That if weak women went astray, Their stars were more in fault than they.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1700 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hans Carvel (1700).
“The end must justify the means.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1700 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hans Carvel (1700).
“Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1700 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Carmen Seculare (1700).
“Soft peace she brings; wherever she arrives She builds our quiet as she forms our lives; Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1703 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Charity (1703).
“Be to her virtues very kind; Be to her faults a little blind; Let all her ways be unconfined; And clap your padlock — on her mind!”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1707 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An English Padlock (1707).
“And thought the nation ne'er would thrive Till all the whores were burnt alive.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1708 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Paulo Purganti and His Wife (1708).
“He ranged his tropes, and preached up patience; Backed his opinion with quotations.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1708 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Paulo Purganti and His Wife (1708).
“Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1714 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Remedy Worse than the Disease (1714).
“Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart, And often took leave, but was loth to depart.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1718 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Thief and the Cordelier (1718).
“His noble negligences teach What others' toils despair to reach.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1718 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alma, Canto II, l. 7 (1718).
“Till their own dreams at length decive 'em, And oft repeating, they believe 'em.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1718 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alma, Canto III, l. 13 (1718).
“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 (1664–1721) first seen 1718 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Epigram (1718).
“Venus, take my votive glass; Since I am not what I was, What from this day I shall be, Venus, let me never see.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1718 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Lady Who Offers Her Looking-Glass to Venus (1718).
“Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve: Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher?”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) first seen 1721 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Epitaph (1721).
“All jargon of the schools.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I am that I am, An Ode; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Better Answer; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Upon a passage in the Scaligerana; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“That air and harmony of shape express, Fine by degrees, and beautifully less.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Henry and Emma; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Abra was ready ere I called her name; And though I called another, Abra came.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Solomon on the Vanity of the World, book ii, line 364; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“For hope is but the dream of those that wake.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Solomon on the Vanity of the World, book iii, line 102; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Solomon on the Vanity of the World, book iii, line 240; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Wandering Pilgrim.; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Be to her virtues very kind; Be to her faults a little blind.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Till their own dreams at length deceive 'em, And oft repeating, they believe 'em.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source