John Gay on Life
Browse 6 quotations attributed to John Gay, catalogued under life, with dates where available.
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Attributed to John Gay, entry #204409: "Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; and now I know it."
Attributed to John Gay, entry #208298: "No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who’ve no retreat."
6 Quotes by John Gay on Life
"Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; and now I know it."
"No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who’ve no retreat."
"Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!"
"While there is life there 's hope, he cried."
"Adieu, she cried, and waved her lily hand."
"As we live by the Muses, it is but a Gratitude in us to encourage Poetical Merit wherever we find it. The Muses, contrary to all other Ladies, pay no Distinction to Dress, and never partially mistake the Pertness of Embroidery for Wit, nor the Modesty of Want for Dulness. Be the Author who he will, we push his Play as far as it will go. So I wish you success heartily."