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Letter "J" » John Gay Quotes
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«When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction»
«Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives.»
«'Tis woman that seduces all mankind, / By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.»
«A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.»
«O ruddier than the cherry, / O sweeter than the berry, / O nymph more bright / Than moonshine night, / Like kidlings blithe and merry.»
«To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who cheats a woman»
«If with me you'll fondly stray, / Over the hills and far away.»
«How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards.»
«What frenzy dictates, jealousy believes»
«Fools may our scorn, not envy raise, for envy is a kind of praise»
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