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John Gay

"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."

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"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."

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"Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel."

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"Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God?"

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"A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind."

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"Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic."

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"They talk like angels but they live like men."

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"I cannot doubt that women will line up, like the men elected, with the groups whose political thinking and convictions are in accord with their own political convictions."

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"Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional."

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"I am fond of depicting the lives of young folks for one thing, and if you have parts for girls or young men, you must absolutely have young people to fill them - that is generally acknowledged now."

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"But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest."
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"An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse."
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"What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us."
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"Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together."
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