John Gay Quotes & Sayings
21 most famous John Gay quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 100 year old American poet born on Apr 1, 1924.
“Shadow owes its birth to light.”
“We only part to meet again.”
“Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.”
“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.”
“An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.”
“Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.”
“There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.”
“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.”
“But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.”
“What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.”
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