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Colley Cibber
27 quotes
“As good be out of the world as out of the fashion.”
Colley Cibber (1671–1757) first seen 1696 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Love's Last Shift, Act II (1696).
“Prithee don’t screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.”
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Recorded in: Love's Last Shift, Act II, sc. i (1696).
“We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.”
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Recorded in: Love's Last Shift, Act IV (1696). Compare: "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd", William Congreve, The Mourning Bride (1697), Act III, scene viii (often paraphrased: "H…
“Possession is eleven points in the law.”
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Recorded in: Woman's Wit, Act I (1697).
“Words are but empty thanks.”
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Recorded in: Woman's Wit, Act V (1697).
“Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.”
Colley Cibber (1671–1757) first seen 1699 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Xerxes, Act IV, sc. iii (1699).
“This business will never hold water.”
Colley Cibber (1671–1757) first seen 1703 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not, Act IV (1703).
“I don't see it.”
Colley Cibber (1671–1757) first seen 1704 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Careless Husband (1704), Act ii, scene 2.
“Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.”
Colley Cibber (1671–1757) first seen 1707 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Double Gallant, prologue (1707).
“Oh, how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring!”
Colley Cibber (1671–1757) first seen 1707 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Double Gallant, Act I, sc. ii (1707).
“Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wicked of both sexes together in a morning; thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart- opening, wink-tipping cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate thus, and … adore thee.”
Colley Cibber (1671–1757) first seen 1707 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Lady's Last Stake (1707), Act I, sc. i.
“O say what is this thing call'd Light, Which I must ne'er enjoy”
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“Then let not what I cannot have My cheer of mind destroy. Whilst thus I sing, I am a king, Although a poor blind boy!”
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“Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks, And he has chambers in King's Bench walks.”
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Recorded in: A parody on Pope's lines: "Graced as thou art with all the power of words, / So known, so honoured at the House of Lords"; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love, And thus the soldier arm'd with resolution Told his soft tale, and was a thriving wooer.”
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“Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.”
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“The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.”
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“I 've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes. Now though thy friendly hand has brush'd 'em from me, Yet still they crawl offensive to my eyes: I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em.”
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“Off with his head—; so much for Buckingham.”
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“And the ripe harvest of the new-mown hay Gives it a sweet and wholesome odour.”
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“With clink of hammers closing rivets up.”
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“Perish that thought! No, never be it said That Fate itself could awe the soul of Richard. Hence, babbling dreams! you threaten here in vain! Conscience, avaunt! Richard ’s himself again! Hark! the shrill trumpet sounds to horse! away! My soul ’s in arms, and eager for the fray.”
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“A weak invention of the enemy.”
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“Losers must have leave to speak.”
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“Stolen sweets are best.”
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“The will for the deed.”
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“Within one of her.”
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