| 16 Famous Quotes by Colley Cibber
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“Words are but empty thanks.”
Words Quotes Source: Woman's Wit (act V)
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“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.”
Wooing Quotes Source: Richard III (act II, sc. 1), (altered from Shakespeare)
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“The will for the deed.”
Deeds Quotes Source: The Rival Fools (act III)
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“The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome
Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.”
Fame Quotes Source: Richard III (act III, sc. 1)
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“Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.”
Success Quotes Source: Richard III (act III, sc. 1)
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“This business will never hold water.”
Business Quotes Source: She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not (act IV)
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“Stolen sweets are best.”
Thieving Quotes Source: Rival Fools (act I)
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“As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.”
Fashion Quotes Source: Love's Last Shift (act II)
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“I've lately had two spiders
Crawling upon my startled hopes--
Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from me,
Yet still they crawl offensive to mine eyes:
I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em.”
Spiders Quotes Source: Richard III (act IV, sc. 2), (altered)
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“A weak Invention of the Enemy.”
Enemies Quotes Source: Richard III (act V, sc. 3)
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“Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable
liquid, . . . thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing,
heart-opening, wind-tippling cordial, to whose glorious
insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall
prostrate.”
Tea Quotes Source: Lady's Last Stake (act I, sc. 1)
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“Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.”
Talk Quotes Source: Parody of Pope's lines
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“Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new, before they're ended.”
Architecture Quotes Source: Prologue to the Double Gallant (l. 15)
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“Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light,
Which I must ne'er enjoy?
What are the blessings of the sight?
Oh, tell your poor blind boy!”
Blindness Quotes Source: The Blind Boy
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“Losers must have leave to speak.”
Loss Quotes Source: The Rival Fools (act I, l. 17)
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“Stolen sweets are best.”
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Colley Cibber Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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