"Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass……" — Colley Cibber
"Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners."
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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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Possession is eleven points in the law.
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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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