John Gay Quotes

… a walking day of judgment

Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer.

Consider the end

At the end of the day, on the day of judgment day when everybody be judged, you're going to get your fair share.

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.

For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the grip of death./ But glaring under his brows Odysseus answered: 'You yellow dogs, you thought I'd never make it/ home from the land of Troy. You took my house to plunder,/ twisted my maids to serve your beds. You dared/ bid for my wife while I was still alive./ Contempt was all you had for the gods who rule wide heaven,/ contempt for what men say of you hereafter./ Your last hour has come. You die in blood.

We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place.

Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come

You kill -- You die." That was probably the most naive thing I've ever said. The fact is -- in most cases, NOW, the way things are -- you kill -- you LIVE.

It's over. We've all been sentenced to die.

At the moment of truth, there are either reasons or results.

You can run from the grave, but you can't hide.

There is nothing like death to say what is always such an artificial thing to say: The End.

But once that string gets cut, kid, you can't uncut it. Do you get what I'm saying?

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.

We knew our days were numbered. We had fouled up our lives and we were getting ready for a shake-up.

Well, I should like a plan that doesn’t result in the death of my heir. (Eli) Would a good maiming be considered over-the-top? (Varyk)

The future is the result of what we do right now.

The thundering voice that wrings, in one dark, damning moment, crimes of years!

Sooner or later a black car came for everyone.

Then love-devouring Death do what he dare.

Even the wisdom of God hath not suggested more pressing motives, more powerful incentives to charity, than these, that we shall be judged by it at the last dreadful day.

Your servant here, he has been told to say it clear, to say it cold: It's over, it ain't going any further And now the wheels of heaven stop you feel the devil's riding crop Get ready for the future: it is murder