John Gay Quotes
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Man may escape from rope and gun; Nay, some have outlived the doctor's pill: Who takes a woman must be undone, That basilisk is sure to kill. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets, So he that tastes woman, woman, woman, He that tastes woman, ruin meets.
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Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.
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The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.
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We only part to meet again.
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If love be not his Guide, He never will come back!
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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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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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While there is life there 's hope, he cried.
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Lest men suspect your tale untrue,Keep probability in view.
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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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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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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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Is there no hope? the sick man said;The silent doctor shook his head.
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And when a lady's in the case,You know all other things give place.
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An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
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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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I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
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The brave love mercy, and delight to save.
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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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No author ever spar'd a brother.