John Gay Quotes About Envy

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  • One common fate we both must prove; You die with envy, I with love.

    Fate   Envy   Common  
    John Gay (1779). “Fables ... In one volume complete”, p.103
  • Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeits, and corporeal pain? He barr'd from every use of wealth, Envies the ploughman's strength and health.

    Envy  
    John Gay (1822). “The Poems of John Gay ...”, p.163
  • Envy's a sharper spur than pay.

    Envy  
    'Fables' (1727) 'The Elephant and the Bookseller' l. 74
  • Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother; Wits are gamecocks to one another.

    Brother   Envy  
    John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.23
  • Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

    Envy   May  
    John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.76
  • Envy is a kind of praise.

    Envy  
    John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.76
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