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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3111 Matthew Prior 1664-1721 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3111
AUTHOR:Matthew Prior (1664–1721)
QUOTATION:They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Upon a passage in the Scaligerana.
 
Note 1.
See Jonson, Quotation 24. Also Dryden, Quotation 14. [back]