English - Poet | June 30, 1685 - December 4, 1732
Shadow owes its birth to light.
John Gay
LightShadowBirthOwes
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.
LiveTogetherManWolvesNeighbor
There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.
SelfSureDependence
An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
FriendProveOpenCurseMayWorse
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.
LoveWillFollowFleeThee
We only part to meet again.
RomanticMeetOnlyAgainPart
Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
LoveBraveMercyCowardsDelight
Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
MeRememberForgetUnderstandTell
A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
WorldGentlemanRichYouCompany
I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
WomenMindNothingMustLikeThem
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.
LoveWomanFlyGrowLeavePursue
No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.
ConquerDieRetreatMust
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