Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
About Matthew Prior
Matthew Priorwas an English poet and diplomat. He is also known as a contributor to The Examiner.
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Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
And ’tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
For hope is but a dream for those that wake.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
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.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
The ends must justify the means.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
They talk most who have the least to say.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)
Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)