John Gay
John Gay
John Gaywas an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera, a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 June 1685
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One wife is too much for most husbands to hear, / But two at a time there's no mortal can bear.
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I hate the man who builds his name on the ruins of another's fame
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I felt like we played a good game for the most part. But near the end, we played not to lose, instead of playing to win. We were not very smart against their defensive pressure, and we started to panic.
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I felt good if they ran the 1-3-1 against the offense we're using. Then we went out there and didn't show a lot of patience and poise, didn't get it set up, didn't pass the ball around and make their zone work.
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To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who cheats a woman
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The physical play got to us and then frustration set in. We needed to get something going offensively, but we turned it over, couldn't get back (on defense) ? that was the story.
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There is a loud group of anti-immigration folks out there for whom this is the main issue they care about. They make a lot of noise, send e-mails and write and call their congressional representatives.
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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.
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The brave love mercy, and delight to save.
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She who has never loved has never lived.
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On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.
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An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
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The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.
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Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.