Prior Statement

Famous quotes containing the words prior and/or statement:

“They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

“One is apt to be discouraged by the frequency with which Mr. Hardy has persuaded himself that a macabre subject is a poem in itself; that, if there be enough of death and the tomb in one’s theme, it needs no translation into art, the bold statement of it being sufficient.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)