John Gay Short Quotes

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Adieu! she cries; and waved her lily hand.

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If love be not his Guide,
He never will come back!

John Gay
Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!

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Youth's the season made for joys,
Love is then our duty.

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Our Polly is a sad slut! nor heeds what we have taught her.

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That politician tops his part,
Who readily can lie with art.

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In every age and clime we see Two of a trade can never agree.

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Studious of elegance and ease,
Myself alone I seek to please.

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Lest men suspect your tale untrue,
Keep probability in view.

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How, like a moth, the simple maid
Still plays about the flame!

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An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.

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In every rank, or great or small, 'Tis industry supports us all.

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I must have women—there is nothing unbends the mind like them.

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Those who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

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Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

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And what's a Butterfly? At best, He's but a caterpillar, drest...

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Like great Statesmen, we encourage those who betray their friends.

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No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

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How happy could I be with either,
Were t'other dear charmer away!

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One common fate we both must prove; You die with envy, I with love.

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Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise.
For envy is a kind of praise.

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

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Learning by study must be won; 'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.

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But he who studies nature's laws From certain truth his maxims draws.

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Where yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

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Of all the plagues that heav'n hath sent, A wasp is most impertinent!

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They'll tell thee, sailors, when away,
In ev'ry port a mistress find.

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And when a lady's in the case,
You know all other things give place.

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My tongue within my lips I rein:
For who talks much must talk in vain.

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But flattery never seems absurd;
The flattered always takes your word.

John Gay