Matthew Prior
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Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
They talk most who have the least to say.
And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.
They never taste who always drink; they always talk who never think.