Quote by John Gay
Shadow owes its birth to light. - John Gay

Shadow owes its birth to light. – John Gay

Other quotes by John Gay

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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John Gay
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Night, Nighttime
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Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I dont have to go out and enjoy it. – Logan Pearsall Smith

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair. – Ovid

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

Beware thoughts that come in the night. They arent turned properly; they come in askew, free of sense and restriction, deriving from the most remote of sources. – William Trogdon

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