Matthew Prior quotes
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“Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.”
-- Matthew PriorSource : 'The Remedy Worse than the Disease'
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“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.”
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“Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.”
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“Who fastest walks, but walks astray, Is only furthest from his way.”
-- Matthew PriorSource : "The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior".
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“I'm nothing you can catch now. I am black powder, I am singe, I am the bomb that bursts the night.”
Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “The End Of Alice”, p.149, Granta Books
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