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

John Gay

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John Gay
Age: 47 †
Born: 1685
Born: June 30
Died: 1732
Died: December 4
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Devon
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Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!
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No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.
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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.
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Praising all alike, is praising none.
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