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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Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us, / And fires us / With courage, love and joy. / Women and wine should life employ. / Is there aught else on earth desirous?
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The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets, So he that tastes woman, woman, woman; He that tastes woman, ruin meets
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Woman's mind Oft' shifts her passions, like th'inconstant wind; Sudden she rages, like the troubled main, Now sinks the storm, and all is calm again.
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I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
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And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.
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Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!
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(The bill) doesn't fix the system, it just focuses on enforcement.
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The coquettes of both sexes are self-lovers, and that is a love no other whatever can dispossess
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I know you lawyers can, with ease, twist words and meanings as you please
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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.
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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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Employers are frustrated because there is so much paperwork and oftentimes you don't know if things are real or not.
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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.