In ev'ry age and clime we see
Two of a trade can never agree.
-- John Gay (1688-1732)
-- Fables, Part i, The Rat-catcher and Cats
Two of a trade can never agree.
-- John Gay (1688-1732)
-- Fables, Part i, The Rat-catcher and Cats
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- Remote from cities liv'd a swain,
Unvex'd with all the cares of gain;
His head was silver'd o'er with age, And long experience... - No author ever spar'd a brother.
-- John Gay (1688-1732)
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Fables, Part i, The Elephant and the... - Those who in quarrels interpose
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The... - And when a lady 's in the case,
You know all other things give place.
John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Hare and... - Is there no hope? the sick man said;
The silent doctor shook his head.
John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Sick Man... - Lest men suspect your tale untrue,
Keep probability in view.
John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Painter... - Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil
O'er books consum'd the midnight oil?
John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Shepherd... - Where yet was ever found a mother
Who 'd give her booby for another?
John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Mother... - From wine what sudden friendship springs!
-- John Gay (1688-1732)
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Fables, Part ii, The Squire and his...
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- If you cannot stand the heat,
get out of the kitchen... - Orthodontists do it with
braces... - Such is the popularity of the president that the
people will support him in whatever he will do or
will not do,
without appealing to their own reason or to anything... - Women, cats, and golf;
man was not meant to understand these things... - Lefties are
better...
