105 ordspråk av John Gay
John Gay
John Gay föddes den June 30th 1685 och dog den 4 December 1732 - English writer
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 By ignorance is pride increased; Those most assume who know the least |
| Can Love be controlled by advice? |
| Can you support the expense of a husband, hussy, in gaming, drinking and whoring? Have you money enough to carry on the daily quarrels of man and wife about who shall squander most? |
| Corruption's not for modern date; It hath been tried in ev'ry state |
| Do like other widows - buy yourself weeds, and be cheerful. |
| Do you think your mother and I should have lived comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married? Baggage! |
| Employers are frustrated because there is so much paperwork and oftentimes you don't know if things are real or not. |
| Envy's a sharper spur than pay |
| Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us, / And fires us / With courage, love and joy. / Women and wine should life employ. / Is there aught else on earth desirous? |
| Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either. |
| Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee. |
| Fools may our scorn, not envy raise, for envy is a kind of praise |
| For on the rope that hangs my dear / Depends poor Polly's life. |
| Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives. |
| He's a good, pro-business senator. He's with us on labor issues, tax issues. He's for permanent appeal of the death tax. |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
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Toplists (6 st)
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