Tag: Matthew Prior

Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.

Matthew Prior

The end must justify the means.

Matthew Prior

They never taste who always drink;

They always talk who never think.

Matthew Prior

For hope is but the dream of those that wake.

Matthew Prior

Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn;

And he alone is bless’d who ne’er was born.

Matthew Prior

From ignorance our comfort flows.

The only wretched are the wise.

Matthew Prior