What did John Gay mean by: No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who’ve no retreat. - John Gay Poet · England Copy
+ You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Hypocrite, Judgement, Judging, 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
+ Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them! Feraz Zeid, June 4, 2023December 12, 2023, John Gay, Believe, Lying, Women, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ No author ever spar’d a brother. Feraz Zeid, September 2, 2023December 24, 2023, John Gay, Brother, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ In every age and clime we see Two of a trade can never agree. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Age, Agreement, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
+ Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O’er books consumed the midnight oil? Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Gay, Book, Learn, Oil, 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
+ The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets. Feraz Zeid, July 24, 2023December 12, 2023, John Gay, Lost, Sweet, 0 - John Gay Poet · England
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
The use of EU summits to frame political victories or defeats is an annoying habit. - Jean-Claude Juncker Politician · Luxembourg
love is not a victory march, it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah. - Jeff Buckley Singer-songwriter
To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space. - William Joyce Animator · Ireland
I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. - William Lloyd Garrison Abolitionist · USA
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
