John Gay
15 quotations
There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
We only part to meet again.
O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on.
An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.
Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.
Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!
I must have women -- there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
Shadow owes its birth to light.
No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.
The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.
The brave love mercy, and delight to save.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die whove no retreat.