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Quotes from To the Honorable Charles Montague — Matthew Prior

1664–1721 England

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From ignorance our comfort flows.
The only wretched are the wise.

To the Honorable Charles Montague (1692)

Our hopes, like towering falcons, aim
At objects in an airy height;
The little pleasure of the game
Is from afar to view the flight.

To the Honorable Charles Montague (1692)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Matthew Prior (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.