Gay, John
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John Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version
"There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self."
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"Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise."
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"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."
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"An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse."
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"Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either."
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"Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose."
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