"Possession is eleven points in the law." — Colley Cibber
"Possession is eleven points in the law."
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19 Quotes by Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber has 19 quotes on this site.
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Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
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We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman; scorned, slighted, dismissed without a…
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Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.
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The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.
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Tea! thou soft, sober, sage and venerable liquid;- thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wink-tippling cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I…
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A weak invention of the Enemy.
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Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
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Faint is the bliss, that never past thro' pain.
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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?…
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Losers must have leave to speak.
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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,…
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Stolen sweets are best.
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Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is…
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Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of…
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Only a pint at breakfast-time, and a pint and a half at eleven o'clock, and a quart or so at…
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I am simply submerged in work from five in the morning to eleven at night; almost need a few days…
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I'm the one twice over I'm the new eleven
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the…
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Nine! The Navy Diver is not a fighting man, he is a salvage expert. Ten! If it is lost underwater,…
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