John Gay Quotes About Love

Quotes about: Love

• Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

  John Gay

  Love, Bravery, Coward

  John Gay, Nathaniel Cotton, Edward Moore (1826). “Gay's Fables and other poems: Cotton's visions in verse ; Moore's Fables for the female sex ; with sketches of the authors' lives”, p.20

• Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

  John Gay

  Love, Confused, Fleeing

• Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.

  John Gay

  Love, Joy, Youth

  'The Beggar's Opera' (1728) act 2, sc. 4, air 22

• In love we are all fools alike.

  John Gay

  Love, Fool

  John Christopher Pepusch, John Gay (1729). “The Beggar's Opera: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn Fields : [Text of the Play]”, p.42

• Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.

  John Gay

  Love, Hate, Alcohol

  John Gay (2013). “The Beggar's Opera and Polly”, p.55, OUP Oxford

• What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.

  John Gay

  Love, Affection, Grows

  John Gay (1893). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: Translations, Prologues and epilogues, Fables, Poems from 'Gay's chair', Miscellaneous pieces, Songs and ballads”

• Can love be controll'd by advice?

  John Gay

  Love, Love Is, Advice

  John Gay (1791). “The Beggar's Opera: A Comic Opera”, p.26

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