Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; and now I know it.

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John Gay was a 17th-century English poet and playwright. 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. Read more on Wikipedia →

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