“The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.”
John Gay (1685–1732) English poet and playwright
Act II, scene ii
The Beggar's Opera (1728)
“Man may escape from rope and gun;
Nay, some have outlived the doctor's pill:
Who takes a woman must be undone,
That basilisk is sure to kill.
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets,
So he that tastes woman, woman, woman,
He that tastes woman, ruin meets.”
— John Gay
Act II, sc. viii, air 26
The Beggar's Opera (1728)
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