What did John Gay mean by: Give me, kind heaven, a private station, a mind serene for contemplation. - John Gay Poet · England Copy
+ O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Flirting, Kissing, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ She who has never lov’d, has never liv’d. Feraz Zeid, June 6, 2023December 12, 2023, John Gay, God, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ Envy is a kind of praise. Feraz Zeid, July 2, 2023December 12, 2023, John Gay, Envy, Praise, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one’s self. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Responsibility, Self, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view. Feraz Zeid, September 3, 2023December 24, 2023, John Gay, Math, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ When we risk no contradiction, It prompts the tongue to deal in fiction. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Fiction, Risk, Tongue, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Caring, Depression, Heart, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Fool, Pride, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
