Frases de John Gay
John Gay
Fecha de nacimiento: 30. Junio 1685
Fecha de muerte: 4. Diciembre 1732
John Gay fue un poeta y dramaturgo inglés, conocido como el primero en escribir en su idioma materno fábulas en verso.
Frases John Gay
„You base man you,—how can you look me in the face after what hath passed between us?—See here, perfidious wretch, how I am forc'd to bear about the load of infamy you have laid upon me— -O Macheath! thou hast robb'd me of my quiet—to see thee tortur'd would give me pleasure.“
— John Gay
Lucy, Act II, sc. ix
The Beggar's Opera (1728)
„As we live by the Muses, it is but a Gratitude in us to encourage Poetical Merit wherever we find it. The Muses, contrary to all other Ladies, pay no Distinction to Dress, and never partially mistake the Pertness of Embroidery for Wit, nor the Modesty of Want for Dulness. Be the Author who he will, we push his Play as far as it will go. So (though you are in Want) I wish you success heartily.“
— John Gay
"Player", Introduction
The Beggar's Opera (1728)
„The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.“
— John Gay
Act II, scene ii
The Beggar's Opera (1728)
„O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed,
By keeping men off, you keep them on.“
— John Gay
Act I, sc. viii, air 9
The Beggar's Opera (1728)
„In every age and clime we see
Two of a trade can never agree.“
— John Gay
Fable XXI, "The Rat-catcher and Cats". Comparable to: "Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and poor man has a grudge against poor man, and poet against poet", Hesiod, Works and Days, 24; "Le potier au potier porte envie" (translated: "The potter envies the potter"), Bohn, Handbook of Proverbs; also in Arthur Murphy, The Apprentice, act iii
Fables (1727)
„A Wolf eats sheep but now and then;
Ten thousands are devour'd by men.
An open foe may prove a curse,
but a pretend friend is worse.“
— John Gay
Fable XVII, "The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf"
Fables (1727)
„Envy is a kind of praise.“
— John Gay
Fable XLIV http://books.google.com/books?id=8Q9IAAAAMAAJ&q=%22envy+is+a+kind+of+praise%22&pg=PA170#v=onepage, "The Hound and the Huntsman"
Fables (1727)
„In beauty faults conspicuous grow;
The smallest speck is seen on snow.“
— John Gay
Fable XI, "The Peacock, Turkey, and Goose"
Fables (1727)
