JGJohn Gay

52 collected words

John Gay

Life dates: 1688 AD — 1732 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1710 AD

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

John Gay / quote

02c. 1710 AD

A miss for pleasure and a wife for breed.

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03c. 1710 AD

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

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04c. 1710 AD

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

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