John Gay Quotes
Can love be controll'd by advice?
Citations
Gay, John. The Beggar's Opera. John Watts, 1728, p. 10.
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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.