John Gay Quotes About Pride
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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.
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Here Shock, the pride of all his kind, is laid, Who fawned like man, but ne'er like man betrayed.
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I cannot raise my worth too high; Of what vast consequence am I! "Not of the importance you suppose," Replies a Flea upon his nose; "Be humble, learn thyself to scan; Know, pride was never made for man.
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Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most.
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