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

Other quotes by John Gay

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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The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wifes spirits. – John Gay

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Hope
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Other Quotes from
Company, Companions
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People are know by the company they keep. Companies are known by the people they keep. – Source Unknown

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect. – Robert Louis Stevenson

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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

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To the timid soul, nothing is possible. – John Bach

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Determination

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art. – Philip James Bailey

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Never let the little head do the thinking for the big head. – Author unknown, advice to teenage boys, quoted in Friendly Advice compiled by Jo

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Prom Night