John Gay Quotes (90 Quotes)

In every age and clime we see Two of a trade can never agree.

Our Polly is a sad slut nor heeds what we have taught her. I wonder any man alive will ever rear a daughter

The word would quickly spread in Mexico and other countries that you don't need to risk your life in the desert anymore. All you have to do is follow the rules of the program.

All in the Downs the fleet was moored.

Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.

'Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined.

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

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.

The girls knew exactly what was at stake. I don't know if the pressure of that got to 'em. I think they're really super frustrated and I'm afraid some of them might be ready for (the season) to be over and if that's the case, I'm really disappointed.

It goes very far in recognizing that you can't send (the undocumented) home and that they do deserve permanent status and a path to citizenship. But there have to be enough green cards there for this to be a meaningful opportunity.

Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view.

I know you lawyers can, with ease, twist words and meanings as you please

I'll study the tape and see. It's the things we've worked on the last two weeks. We've had enough practice time the last two weeks to start over and be ready to play a new season. We just stunk it up.

Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.

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.

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.

Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

Shadow owes its birth to light.

She who has never loved has never lived.

Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation Title and profit I resign The pot of honour shall be mine.

The charge is prepar'd, the lawyers are met, The judges all ranged,a terrible show.

How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards.

But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.

I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame.

Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct the eternal will Seek virtue, and of that possest, To Providence resign the rest.

Pride is increased by ignorance those assume the most who know the least.

We missed some shots during critical times of the game, and we also made some turnovers at crucial times. We're now facing some adversity because we're in jeopardy of not making the state playoffs. But I think our girls can respond to the challenge.

If with me you'd fondly stray, over the hills and far away.

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

Whence is thy learning Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil.

If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.

I rage, I melt, I burn, the feeble God has stabbed me to the heart.

Sure men were born to lie, and women, to believe them

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

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.

Can you support the expense of a husband, hussy, in gaming, drinking and whoring Have you money enough to carry on the daily quarrels of man and wife about who shall squander most

Through all the employments of life each neighbor abuses his brother whore and rogue they call husband and wife All professions be-rogue one another.

How, like a moth, the simple maid Still plays about the flame