There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

Quote by John Gay

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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot...

But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot...

Shadow owes its birth to light.

Shadow owes its birth to light.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact...

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact...

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals...

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals...

We only part to meet again.

We only part to meet again.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils...

Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils...

When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction

When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and...

But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and...

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear,...

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear,...

She who has never loved has never lived.

She who has never loved has never lived.

O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them...

O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them...

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And...

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And...

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.