John Gay Quotes About Praise

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Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
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Envy May Fool

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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I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame. Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown, Imagine that they raise their own. Thus Scribblers, covetous of praise, Think slander can transplant the bays.
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John Gay

Hate Character Men

John Gay, Nathaniel Cotton, Edward Moore (1826). “Gay's Fables and other poems: Cotton's visions in verse ; Moore's Fables for the female sex ; with sketches of the authors' lives”, p.73

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Envy is a kind of praise.
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John Gay

Envy Kind Praise

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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Praising all alike, is praising none.
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John Gay

Praise

'A Letter to a Lady' l. 114

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