Matthew Green Quotes

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To cure the mind's wrong bias, Spleen,
Some recommend the bowling green;
Some, hilly walks; all, exercise;
Fling but a stone, the giant dies.

Matthew Green

They politics like ours profess,
The greater prey upon the less.

Matthew Green

Thus I steer my bark, and sail
On even keel, with gentle gale.

Matthew Green

By happy alchemy of mind
They turn to pleasure all they find.

Matthew Green

Nor bigots who but one way see,
Through blinkers of authority.

Matthew Green

Fling but a stone, the giant dies.
Laugh and be well.

Matthew Green

Though pleased to see the dolphins play,
I mind my compass and my way.

Matthew Green

Or to some coffee-house I stray
For news, the manna of a day.

Matthew Green