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What will not luxury taste? Earth, sea, and air,
Are daily ransack'd for the bill of fare.
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What will not luxury taste? Earth, sea, and air,
Are daily ransack'd for the bill of fare.
Blood stuffed in skins is British Christians' food,
And France robs marshes of the croaking brood.

by John Gay Found in: Eating Quotes,
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Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose.

Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose.

by John Gay Found in: Quarrel Quotes,
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I never, with important air,
In conversation overbear.
. . . .
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I never, with important air,
In conversation overbear.
. . . .
My tongue within my lips I rein;
For who talks much must talk in vain.

by John Gay Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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The careful insect 'midst his works I view,
Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew,
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The careful insect 'midst his works I view,
Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew,
With golden treasures load his little thighs,
And steer his distant journey through the skies.

by John Gay Found in: Bees Quotes,
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With thee conversing I forget the way.

With thee conversing I forget the way.

by John Gay Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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