Creative Quotations from . . .
John Gay
(1685-1732) born on Jun 30
English "poet, dramatist". "He was known for "The Beggar's Opera," 1728, a work distinguished by good-humored satire and technical assurance."
 
   
F
Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil
O'er books consumed the midnight oil?

R
Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it.
A
"When we risk no contradiction,
It prompts the tongue to deal in fiction."
N
"Tis a gross error, held in schools,
That Fortune always favours fools."
K
I hate the man who builds his name on the ruins of another's fame.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Shorter Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," by John Bartlett, 1937, 1980, 1992."
R: ""My Own Epitaph.""
A: "In "Shorter Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," by John Bartlett, 1937, 1980, 1992."
N: ""Fables," II, xii, 119."
K: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
   



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