What did John Gay mean by: I must have women – there is nothing unbends the mind like them. - John Gay Poet · England Copy
+ In beauty faults conspicuous grow; The smallest speck is seen on snow. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Faults, Snow, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ And when a lady’s in the case, You know, all other things give place. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Cases, Women, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ Thus shadow owes its birth to light. Feraz Zeid, July 9, 2023December 12, 2023, John Gay, Light, Shadow, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ Give me, kind heaven, a private station, a mind serene for contemplation. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Heaven, Mind, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ Breathe soft, ye winds! ye waves, in silence sleep! Feraz Zeid, July 31, 2023December 12, 2023, John Gay, Peace, Sleep, Wind, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ 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
+ Who friendship with a knave hath made, Is judged a partner in the trade. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Partnership, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ How happy could I be with either, Were t’other dear charmer away! Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Dear, Happiness, 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
If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her. 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
