John Gay
Poet
1685-06-30
Books by John Gay
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The Poetical Works of John Gay
Including 'Polly', 'The Beggar's Opera' and Selections from the Other Dramatic Work
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN GAY, INCLUDING HIS FABLES.
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Quotes by John Gay
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But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.
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Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.
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An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
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Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it.
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By keeping men off, you keep them on.
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In beauty, faults conspicuous grow; The smallest speck is seen on snow.
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Fair words cost nothing.
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Man is practised in disguise; He cheats the most discerning eyes.
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From wine what sudden friendship springs!
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Envy's a sharper spur than pay.
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She who trifles with all Is less likely to fall Than she who but trifles with one.
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To friendship every burden's light.
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Envy s a sharper spur than pay.
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In love we are all fools alike.
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If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.
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If the heart of a man is deprest with cares, The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears.
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The comfortable estate of widowhood, is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.
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Where yet was ever found a mother, Who'd give her booby for another?
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Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose.
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Give me, kind heav'n, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation.
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