Thou Strange Quotes by Colley Cibber

The happy have whole days,

— Colley Cibber

Possession is eleven points in the law.

— Colley Cibber

One had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion

— Colley Cibber

When we are conscious of the least comparative merit in ourselves, we should take as much care to conceal the value we set upon…

— Colley Cibber

“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…

— Colley Cibber

Stolen sweets are best.

— Colley Cibber

Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.

— Colley Cibber

Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.

— Colley Cibber

The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.

— Colley Cibber

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.

— Colley Cibber

What have I done? What horrid crime committed? To me the worst of crimes-outliv'd my liking.

— Colley Cibber

Then let not what I cannot have My cheer of mind destroy. Whilst thus I sing, I am a king, Although a poor blind…

— Colley Cibber