112 ordspråk av John Gay

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John Gay föddes den 30 juni 1685 och dog den 4 december 1732 - English writer
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 'Tis woman that seduces all mankind, / By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.

 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.

 An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.

 By ignorance is pride increased; Those most assume who know the least

 Envy's a sharper spur than pay

 Fools may our scorn, not envy raise, for envy is a kind of praise

 Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives.

 How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards.

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

 If with me you'll fondly stray, / Over the hills and far away.

 In beauty, faults conspicuous grow; the smallest speck is seen on snow

 In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
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 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.

 O ruddier than the cherry, / O sweeter than the berry, / O nymph more bright / Than moonshine night, / Like kidlings blithe and merry.

 Shadow owes its birth to light.


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