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Gamesters and highwaymen are ...

Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives.

John Gay 189 quotes

To frame the little animal, p...

To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Nature guide thee; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail.

John Gay 189 quotes

My lodging is on the cold gro...

My lodging is on the cold ground, And hard, very hard, is my fare, But that which grieves me more Is the coldness of my dear.

John Gay 189 quotes

Who friendship with a knave h...

Who friendship with a knave hath made, Is judged a partner in the trade.

John Gay 189 quotes

Variety's the source of joy b...

Variety's the source of joy below, From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow, In books and love the mind one end pursues, And only change the expiring flames renews.

John Gay 189 quotes

Fill ev'ry glass, for wine in...

Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us,
And fires us
With courage, love and joy.
Women and wine should life employ.
Is there ought else on earth desirous?

John Gay 189 quotes

When if or chance or hunger's...

When if or chance or hunger's powerful sway Directs the roving trout this fatal way, He greedily sucks in the twining bait, And tugs and nibbles the fallacious meat. Now, happy fisherman; now twitch the line! How thy rod bends! behold, the prize is thine!

John Gay 189 quotes

Shall ignorance of good and i...

Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct the eternal will? Seek virtue, and of that possest, To Providence resign the rest.

John Gay 189 quotes

Here Shock, the pride of all ...

Here Shock, the pride of all his kind, is laid, Who fawned like man, but ne'er like man betrayed.

John Gay 189 quotes

I never, with important air, ...

I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. . . . . My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much must talk in vain.

John Gay 189 quotes

Why is the hearse with scutch...

Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd? No; the dead know it not, nor profit gain; It only serves to prove the living vain.

John Gay 189 quotes

If with me you'd fondly stray...

If with me you'd fondly stray Over the hills and far away.

John Gay 189 quotes

What happiness the rural maid...

What happiness the rural maid attends, In cheerful labour while each day she spends! She gratefully receives what Heav'n has sent, And, rich in poverty, enjoys content.

John Gay 189 quotes

Breathe soft, ye winds! ye wa...

Breathe soft, ye winds! ye waves, in silence sleep!

John Gay 189 quotes

If the heart of a man is depr...

If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears; Like the notes of a fiddle, she sweetly, sweetly Raises the spirits, and charms our ears.

John Gay 189 quotes

By outward show let's not be ...

By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated.

John Gay 189 quotes

Some folks of cider make a ro...

Some folks of cider make a rout
And cider's well enough no doubt
When better liquors fail;
But wine, that's richer, better still,
Ev'n wine itself (deny't who will)
Must yield to nappy ale

John Gay 189 quotes

Look round, the wrecks of pla...

Look round, the wrecks of play behold; Estates dismember'd, mortgaged, sold! Their owners now to jails confin'd, Show equal poverty of mind.

John Gay 189 quotes

Who talks much, must talk in ...

Who talks much, must talk in vain.

John Gay 189 quotes

What will not luxury taste? E...

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.

John Gay 189 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....