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> [Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/fair-is-the-kingcup-that-in-meadow-blows-fair-is-the-daisy-that/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

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> [Fair is the marigold, for pottage meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/fair-is-the-marigold-for-pottage-meet/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

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> [Fair words cost nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/fair-words-cost-nothing/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

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## More by John Gay

> [On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/on-the-choice-of-friends-our-good-or-evil-name-depends/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [What frenzy dictates, jealousy believes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/what-frenzy-dictates-jealousy-believes/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/whence-is-thy-learning-hath-thy-toil-o-er-books-consumed-the-midnight/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who cheats a woman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/to-cheat-a-man-is-nothing-but-the-woman-must-have-fine-parts-indeed/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/follow-love-and-it-will-flee-flee-love-and-it-will-follow-thee/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/fair-is-the-kingcup-that-in-meadow-blows-fair-is-the-daisy-that/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> ['T is woman that seduces all mankind; By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/t-is-woman-that-seduces-all-mankind-by-her-we-first-were-taught-the/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/fill-it-up-i-take-as-large-draughts-of-liquor-as-i-did-of-love-i-hate/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/a-rich-rogue-nowadays-is-fit-company-for-any-gentleman-and-the-world/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet; Should the big last extend the shoe too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/let-firm-well-hammer-d-soles-protect-thy-feet-through-freezing-snows/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [A Wolf eats sheep but now and then; Ten thousands are devour'd by men. An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/a-wolf-eats-sheep-but-now-and-then-ten-thousands-are-devour-d-by-men/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/a-man-is-always-afraid-of-a-woman-that-loves-him-too-much/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [ \[Gulliver was soon being read\] "from the cabinet council to the nursery". ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/gulliver-was-soon-being-read-from-the-cabinet-council-to-the-nursery/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/sure-men-were-born-to-lie-and-women-to-believe-them/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

> [Exercise thy lasting youth defends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/exercise-thy-lasting-youth-defends/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

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