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| John Gay Quotes | No. | Quotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The prince who kept the world in awe, The judge whose dictate fix'd the law; The rich, the poor, the great, the small Are levelled; death confounds 'em all. | Death |
| 2 | Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose. | Dispute |
| 3 | An open foe may prove a curse, But a pretended friend is worse. | Friendship |
| 4 | Nor love, nor honour, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost, be timely wise; with health all taste of pleasure flies. | Health |
| 5 | Love, then, hath every bliss in store; 'Tis friendship, and 'tis something more Each other every wish they give; Not to know love is not to live. | Love |
| 6 | The smallest speck is seen on snow. | Virtue |
| 7 | Shall ignorance of good and ill dare to direct the eternal will? Seek virtue, and of that possest, to Providence resign the rest. | Virtue |
| 8 | There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self. | Depend |
| 9 | What frenzy dictates, jealousy believes. | Jealousy |
| 10 | She who has never lov'd, has never liv'd. | Love |
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