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John Gay
Age: 47 †
Born: 1685
Born: June 30
Died: 1732
Died: December 4
Librettist
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Barnstaple
Devon
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My lodging is on the cold ground, And hard, very hard, is my fare, But that which grieves me more Is the coldness of my dear.
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I cannot raise my worth too high Of what vast consequence am I! Not of the importance you suppose, Replies a Flea upon his nose Be humble, learn thyself to scan Know, pride was never made for man.
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Do you think your mother and I should have lived comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married? Baggage!
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Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd? No the dead know it not, nor profit gain It only serves to prove the living vain.
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No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.
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Is there no hope? the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head, And took his leave with signs of sorrow, Despairing of his fee to-morrow.
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The charge is prepared the lawyers are met The judges all ranged (a terrible show!) I go, undismay'd. For death is a debt, A debt on demand. So take what I owe.
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Praising all alike, is praising none.
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What will not luxury taste? Earth, sea, and air, Are daily ransack'd for the bill of fare. Blood stuffed in skins is British Christians' food, And France robs marshes of the croaking brood.
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Breathe soft, ye winds! ye waves, in silence sleep!
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A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much
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In beauty faults conspicuous grow The smallest speck is seen on snow.
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Learning by study must be won 'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.
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Can love be controll'd by advice?
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The careful insect 'midst his works I view, Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew, With golden treasures load his little thighs, And steer his distant journey through the skies.
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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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She who has never lov'd, has never liv'd.
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Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother Wits are gamecocks to one another.
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O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on.
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Beasts kill for hunger, men for pay.
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