Famous Quotes | A fox may steal your hens,...
A fox may steal your hens, Sir,
A whore your health and pence, Sir,
Your daughter rob your chest, Sir,
Your wife may steal your rest, Sir,
A thief your goods and plate.
But this is all but picking,
With rest, pence, chest and chicken;
It ever was decreed, Sir,
If lawyer’s hand is fee’d, Sir,
He steals your whole estate.
- John Gay
Attribution: John Gay (1685–1732), British dramatist. Peachum, in The Beggar’s Opera, act 1, sc. 9, air 11.
Categories: Dramatist, Lawyers
