John Gay Quotes
Shadow owes its birth to light.
Citations
Gay, John. Fables. J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1727, p. 95.
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John Gay was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.