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