When we risk no contradiction, It prompts the tongue to dea… - John Gay

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

John Gay

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John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.

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Brother, brother! we are both in the wrong.

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.

My lodging is on the cold ground, And hard, very hard, is my fare, But that which grieves me more Is the coldness of my dear.

When we risk no contradiction, It prompts the tongue to deal in fiction. - John Gay

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