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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Gulliver was soon being read "from the cabinet council to the nursery".
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In every age and clime we see Two of a trade can never agree.
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We only part to meet again. / Change, as ye list, ye winds; my heart shall be / The faithful compass that still points to thee.
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The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.
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An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
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On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.
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The brave love mercy, and delight to save.
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Tis a gross error held in schools, That Fortune always favors fools
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Tis woman that seduces all mankind, / By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.
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The people who own the country ought to govern it
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We started out in a zone. We were trying to stop Best and Harris inside but Lucas and Spry killed that plan. We were just going to take our chances making them shoot from the outside.
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We are frustrated with the broken immigration system. It doesn't match the economic reality.
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We both want the bill for different reasons. Immigrant advocates want a way for their people to get citizenship and stop dying in the desert. Unions want to grow their membership. We want a stable work force.
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What he was doing is unrecognizable compared to what I do on a day-to-day basis.