I know you lawyers can with ease, Twist words and meanings as you please; That language, by your skill made pliant, Will bend to favour every client; That 'tis the fee directs the sense, To make out either side's pretense.
A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much - John Gay
A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much
- John Gay
Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty. - John Gay
Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.
Thus shadow owes its birth to light. - John Gay
Thus shadow owes its birth to light.
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee. - John Gay
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.
The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment. - John Gay
The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment.
From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame. - John Gay
From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.
I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame. Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown, Imagine that they raise their own. Thus Scribbl… - John Gay
I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame. Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown, Imagine that they raise their own. Thus Scribbl…
Envy is a kind of praise. - John Gay
Envy is a kind of praise.
You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first. - John Gay
You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.
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