Quote by John Gay
A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the wo

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. – John Gay

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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. – John Gay

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Daughters
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But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest. – John Gay

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Love :: Kisses
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Through all the employments of life each neighbor abuses his brother; whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another. – John Gay

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Professionalism
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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and youre nuts to stay there. – Thomas J. Peters

We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way. – Frank Moore Colby

I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls. – Henry David Thoreau

Man loves company, even if it is only that of a smoldering candle. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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