John Gay Quotes About Envy

Quotes about: Envy

• Envy is a kind of praise.

  John Gay

  Envy, Kind, Praise

  John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.76

• One common fate we both must prove; You die with envy, I with love.

  John Gay

  Fate, Envy, Common

  John Gay (1779). “Fables ... In one volume complete”, p.103

• Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

  John Gay

  Envy, May, Fool

  John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.76

• Envy's a sharper spur than pay.

  John Gay

  Envy, Spurs, Pay

  'Fables' (1727) 'The Elephant and the Bookseller' l. 74

• Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother; Wits are gamecocks to one another.

  John Gay

  Brother, Envy, Spurs

  John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.23

• Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeits, and corporeal pain? He barr'd from every use of wealth, Envies the ploughman's strength and health.

  John Gay

  Pain, Envy, Complaining

  John Gay (1822). “The Poems of John Gay ...”, p.163

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