John Gay Quotes about Love

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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.

Love, Confused, Fleeing

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

Love, Bravery, Coward

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.20

Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.

John Gay

Love, Joy, Youth

'The Beggar's Opera' (1728) act 2, sc. 4, air 22

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.

John Gay

Love, Affection, Grows

John Gay (1893). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: Translations, Prologues and epilogues, Fables, Poems from 'Gay's chair', Miscellaneous pieces, Songs and ballads”

In love we are all fools alike.

John Gay

Love, Fool

John Christopher Pepusch, John Gay (1729). “The Beggar's Opera: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn Fields : [Text of the Play]”, p.42