Can Love be controlled by advice? (The Beggar's Opera 1728)
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John Gay quoteShadow owes its birth to light.
John Gay quote Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!
John Gay quote The brave love mercy, and delight to save.
John Gay quote The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.
John Gay quote O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on.
John Gay quote Of all mechanics, of all servile handycrafts-men, a gamester is the vilest. But yet, as many of the quality are of the profession, he is admitted amongst the politest company.
John Gay quote 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.
John Gay quote Biography
English poet and playwright, 1685-1732
