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• T is woman that seduces all mankind; By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act i, Sc. 1...
• Brother, brother! we are both in the wrong. -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, Sc.
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• The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets. -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, Sc.
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• Over the hills and far away. -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act i, Sc. 1
• How happy could I be with either, Were t' other dear charmer away!
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, Sc. 2...
• So comes a reckoning when the banquet 's o'er,-- The dreadful reckoning, and men smile no more.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The What d' ye call it, Act ii, Sc. 9...
• T was when the sea was roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclin'd.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The What d' ye call it, Act ii, Sc. 8...
• The charge is prepar'd, the lawyers are met, The judges all ranged,--a terrible show!
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act iii, Sc. 2...
• The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 't were gross flattery to name a coward.
  -- John Tobin (1770-1804) -- The Honeymoon, Act ii, Sc. 1...