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Shadow owes its birth to light. - John Gay

Shadow owes its birth to light. – John Gay

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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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John Gay
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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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Night, Nighttime
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The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment. – Djuna Barnes

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Night, Nighttime

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

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Night, Nighttime

Press close bare-bosomed night — press close magnetic nourishing night! Night of south winds! night of the large few stars! Still nodding night! mad naked summer night. – Walt Whitman

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Night, Nighttime

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