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Shadow owes its birth to light. - John Gay

Shadow owes its birth to light. – John Gay

Other quotes by John Gay

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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Company, Companions
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John Gay
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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

Category:
Love :: Kisses
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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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John Gay
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Other Quotes from
Night, Nighttime
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O comfort-killing night, image of hell, dim register and notary of shame, black stage for tragedies and murders fell, vast sin-concealing chaos, nurse of blame! – William Shakespeare

Category:
Night, Nighttime

Night is the mother of counsels. – George Herbert

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Night, Nighttime

And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares, that infest the day, shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, and as silently steal away. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Night, Nighttime

Shadows fall on even the brightest hours. – Bryan Waller Proctor

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Night, Nighttime

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We need more courage to die alone. Everybody wants to die with the regiment. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

Category:
Death

What I couldnt help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than Id learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism. – Philip Pullman

Category:
Morning

I dont believe we need the governments help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend. – Jesse Ventura

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The very definition of beauty is outside. – Adam Carolla

Category:
Beauty