Colley Cibber was an English actor, playwright, and poet, recognized for his performances and contributions to the Restoration and 18th-century theatre. He was a prominent figure in the London stage, acting and writing plays, and his work had a significant impact on the development of English comedy.
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“Losers must have leave to speak.”
Source: The careless husband; The rival fools; The lady's last stake; Richard III
Source: The Plays of Colley Cibber
“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.”
Source: The refusal; The provoked husband; Love in a riddle; Perolla and Izadora; Rival queans
Source: An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian
Source: The double gallant; Ximena; the comical lovers; The non-juror
“So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love.”
Source: The Tragical History of King Richard III.: As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal. By C. Cibber
“What have I done? What horrid crime committed? To me the worst of crimes-outliv'd my liking.”
Source: The careless husband; The rival fools; The lady's last stake; Richard III
“Banish that fear; my flame can never waste, For love sincere refines upon the taste.”
Source: Cato. A Tragedy
“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.”
Source: Love's Last Shift; or, the Fool in fashion. A comedy, etc
“Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.”
Source: The double gallant: or, The sick lady's cure
“The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.”
Source: The double gallant; Ximena; the comical lovers; The non-juror
Source: The Dramatic Works of Colley Cibber ...: In Five Volumes : Volume the Second
“A weak invention of the Enemy.”
Source: The Tragical History of King Richard III.: As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal. By C. Cibber
“Possession is eleven points in the law.”
Source: Love's last shift; Woman's wit; Love makes a man; She would and she would not
“Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.”
Source: Love's last shift; Woman's wit; Love makes a man; She would and she would not
“Faint is the bliss, that never past thro' pain.”
Source: The Dramatick Works of Colley Cibber, Esq; ... in Four Volumes. ...