John Gay Quotes
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I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
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Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!
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But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.
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So comes a reckoning when the banquet's o'er,- The dreadful reckoning, and men smile no more.
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You know, my Dear, I never meddle in matters of Death; I always leave those Affairs to you. Women indeed are bitter bad Judges in these cases, for they are so partial to the Brave that they think every Man handsome who is going to the Camp or the Gallows.
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Before the Barn-Door crowing, The Cock by Hens attended, His Eyes around him throwing, Stands for a while suspended: Then One he singles from the Crew, And cheers the happy Hen; With how do you do, and how do you do, And how do you do again.
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What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.
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In every age and clime we seeTwo of a trade can never agree.
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We only part to meet again.
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Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; and now I know it.
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While there is life there 's hope, he cried.
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That raven on yon left-hand oak(Curse on his ill-betiding croak!)Bodes me no good.
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Lest men suspect your tale untrue,Keep probability in view.
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Love, then, hath every bliss in store; 'Tis friendship, and 'tis something more. Each other every wish they give; Not to know love is not to live.
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And when a lady's in the case,You know all other things give place.
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I don't enquire after your Affairs- -so whatever happens, I wash my hands on't-- It hath always been my Maxim, that one Friend should assist another- -But if you please--I'll take one of the Scarfs home with me. 'Tis always good to have something in Hand.
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The charge is prepared; the lawyers are met; The judges all ranged (a terrible show!) I go, undismay'd.—For death is a debt, A debt on demand.—So take what I owe.
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I hate the man who builds his nameOn ruins of another's fame. Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown, Imagine that they raise their own.Thus Scribblers, covetous of praise,Think slander can transplant the bays.
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Is there no hope? the sick man said;The silent doctor shook his head.
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How happy could I be with either, Were t' other dear charmer away!
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.
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Can you support the expense of a husband, hussy, in gaming, drinking and whoring? Have you money enough to carry on the daily quarrels of man and wife about who shall squander most? There are not many husbands and wives, who can bear the charges of plaguing one another in a handsome way.
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The brave love mercy, and delight to save.
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An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.