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• 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...
• 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...
• If the heart of a man is depress'd with cares, The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, 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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• 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...
• Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act ii, Sc.
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• Pains of love be sweeter far Than all other pleasures are.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Tyrannic Love, Act iv, Sc. 1...
• I 'll woo her as the lion wooes his brides. -- John Home (1724-1808) -- Douglas, Act i, Sc. 1