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To friendship every burden's light.

John Gay

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John Gay
Age: 47 †
Born: 1685
Born: June 30
Died: 1732
Died: December 4
Librettist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Barnstaple
Devon
Every
Burden
Friendship
Friends
Light

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Man may escape from rope and gun Nay, some have outlived the doctor's pill: Who takes a woman must be undone, That basilisk is sure to kill. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets, So he that tastes woman, woman, woman, He that tastes woman, ruin meets.
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Music might tame and civilize wild beasts, but 'tis evident it never yet could tame and civilize musicians.
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Breathe soft, ye winds! ye waves, in silence sleep!
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To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Nature guide thee sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail.
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Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil?
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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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A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much
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To shoot at crows is powder flung away.
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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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Some folks of cider make a rout And cider's well enough no doubt When better liquors fail But wine, that's richer, better still, Ev'n wine itself (deny't who will) Must yield to nappy ale
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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.
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Envy's a sharper spur than pay.
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I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
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If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.
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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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Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows.
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Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives.
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