John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| John Gay. (1685–1732) (continued) |
| 3838 |
| From wine what sudden friendship springs! |
| The Squire and his Cur. |
| 3839 |
| Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it. |
| My own Epitaph. |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. (1689–1762) |
| 3840 |
| Let this great maxim be my virtue’s guide,— In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied. 1 |
| The Lady’s Resolve. |
| 3841 |
| And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last. 2 |
| The Lover. |
| 3842 |
| Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet. |
| A Summary of Lord Lyttelton’s Advice. |
| 3843 |
| Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Would with a touch that ’s scarcely felt or seen. |
| To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace. Book ii. |
| 3844 |
| But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me. |
| The Answer. |
| Charles Macklin. (1697?–1797) |
| 3845 |
| The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty of it is of mair use to the professors than the justice of it. |
| Love à la Mode. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 3846 |
| Every tub must stand upon its bottom. 3 |
| The Man of the World. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. A fugitive piece, written on a window by Lady Montagu, after her marriage (1713). See Overbury, Quotation 1. [back] |
| Note 2. What say you to such a supper with such a woman?—Lord Byron: Note to a Second Letter on Bowles. [back] |
| Note 3. See Bunyan, Quotation 4. [back] |