John Gay Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.

  John Gay

  Wise, Heart, Giving

  John Gay (1926). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: Including 'Polly', 'The Beggar's Opera' and Selections from the Other Dramatic Work”

• The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment.

  John Gay

  Luxury, Giving, Doing Good

• Give me, kind heaven, a private station, a mind serene for contemplation.

  John Gay

  Giving, Heaven, Mind

  'Fables' (1738) 'The Vulture, the Sparrow, and Other Birds' l. 69 Behold the bright original appear. 'A Letter to a Lady' l. 85

• And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.

  John Gay

  Women, Giving, Cases

  'Fables' (1727) 'The Hare and Many Friends' l. 41

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