John Gay - Brother Quotes

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Through all the Employments of Life
Each Neighbour abuses his Brother;
Whore and Rogue they call Husband and Wife:
All Professions be-rogue one another:
The Priest calls the Lawyer a Cheat,
The Lawyer be-knaves the Divine:
And the Statesman, because he's so great,
Thinks his Trade as honest as mine.

John Gay

No author ever spar'd a brother;
Wits are game-cocks to one another.

John Gay

Envy's a sharper spur than pay,
No author ever spared a brother,
Wits are gamecocks to one another.

John Gay