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Famous Colley Cibber Quotes
“Losers must have leave to speak.”
“Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.”
“The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.”
“Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please.”
“So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love.”
“What have I done? What horrid crime committed? To me the worst of crimes-outliv'd my liking.”
“Banish that fear; my flame can never waste, For love sincere refines upon the taste.”
“You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.”
“Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.”
“Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.”
“The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.”
“A weak invention of the Enemy.”
“Possession is eleven points in the law.”
“Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.”
“Faint is the bliss, that never past thro' pain.”