John Gay Famous Quotes



We only part to meet again.

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

"Cowards are cruel, but the brave Love mercy, and delight to save."


John Gay Quotations






More Famous Quotes


I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Confucius

"What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves."
Paul Valery

"It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected."
Gerald R Ford

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.
Anthelme BrillatSavarin

"We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth."
Homer

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
William Faulkner

Life is just a bowl of pits.
Rodney Dangerfield

"Applause is a receipt, not a bill."
Arthur Schnabel

I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me-toasted and buttered on both sides.
Jesse Louis Jackson

Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball.
Jerry Coleman