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Brief author info: John Gay (1685-1732) English poet and playwright.

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Man is practised in disguise; He cheats the most discerning eyes.

John Gay

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

John Gay

Where yet was ever found a mother, Who'd give her booby for another?

John Gay

Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it.

John Gay

By keeping men off, you keep them on.

John Gay

From wine what sudden friendship springs!

John Gay

Envy's a sharper spur than pay.

John Gay

She who trifles with all Is less likely to fall Than she who but trifles with one.

John Gay

The comfortable estate of widowhood, is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

John Gay

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

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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life Quote

The time we waste trying to find out what life is all about could be spent loving someone and finding out.

- Jack Harris

Wisdom Quote

Before God we are all equally wise-equally foolish.

- Albert Einstein

Love Quote

I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.

- Woody Allen

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Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

- Albert Einstein

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