Vague Prior

Famous quotes containing the words vague and/or prior:

    Light half-believers of our casual creeds,
    Who never deeply felt, nor clearly will’d,
    Whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds,
    Whose vague resolves never have been fulfill’d.
    Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)