11 Quotes & Sayings By John Gay

John Gay was born in London in 1714. He was a publisher and bookseller in London in the 18th century. One of Gay's most popular works was The Beggar's Opera, which he wrote with John Weaver, and which premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on October 2, 1728. It was a collaboration that began in 1726 when they met in a coffeehouse in Covent Garden Read more

Gay's style of writing caused him to be called "the English Pope" by Horace Walpole. His works include A Vision of Pallas (1713), The Wits (1720), A Harlequinade (1721), The Humble Petition of a British Subject (1734), The Beggar's Opera (1728) and The Comical Wonder (1731).

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Gulliver was soon being read "from the cabinet council to the nursery". John Gay
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A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much John Gay
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Who friendship with a knave hath made Is judged a partner in the trade. John Gay
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Who friendship with a knave hath made is judged a partner in the trade. John Gay
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We only part to meet again. John Gay
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Envy is a kind of praise. John Gay
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There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self. John Gay
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A miss for pleasure and a wife for breed. John Gay
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee. John Gay
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The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits. John Gay