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Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.

Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.

John Gay
Wise, Heart, Giving
John Gay (1926). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: Including 'Polly', 'The Beggar's Opera' and Selections from the Other Dramatic Work”

The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment.

John Gay
Luxury, Giving, Doing Good

And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.

John Gay
Women, Giving, Cases
'Fables' (1727) 'The Hare and Many Friends' l. 41

Give me, kind heaven, a private station, a mind serene for contemplation.

John Gay
Giving, Heaven, Mind
'Fables' (1738) 'The Vulture, the Sparrow, and Other Birds' l. 69 Behold the bright original appear. 'A Letter to a Lady' l. 85

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