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Old houses mended,Cost little less than new before they're ended.
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I don't see it.
Colley Cibber
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Losers must have leave to speak.
Colley Cibber -
A weak invention of the enemy.
Colley Cibber -
Then let not what I cannot haveMy cheer of mind destroy.Whilst thus I sing, I am a king,Although a poor blind boy!
Colley Cibber -
Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
Colley Cibber -
I 've lately had two spidersCrawling 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.
Colley Cibber -
Oh, how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring!
Colley Cibber
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Prithee don’t screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
Colley Cibber -
With clink of hammers closing rivets up.
Colley Cibber -
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks,And he has chambers in King's Bench walks.
Colley Cibber -
This business will never hold water.
Colley Cibber -
Stolen sweets are best.
Colley Cibber -
Words are but empty thanks.
Colley Cibber
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O say what is this thing call'd Light,Which I must ne'er enjoy
Colley Cibber -
Within one of her.
Colley Cibber -
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 -
We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,-scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.
Colley Cibber -
Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.
Colley Cibber -
Possession is eleven points in the law.
Colley Cibber
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So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love,And thus the soldier arm'd with resolutionTold his soft tale, and was a thriving wooer.
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The will for the deed.
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Off with his head-; so much for Buckingham.
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As good be out of the world as out of the fashion.
Colley Cibber