Who is Colley Cibber ?
Colley Cibber (/ˈkɒli ˈkɪbər/) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740) describes his life in a personal, anecdotal and even rambling style.
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Thou strange piece of wild nature!
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When we are conscious of the least comparative merit in ourselves, we should take as much care to conceal the value we set upon it, as if it were a real defect; to be elated or vain upon it is showing your money before people in want.
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Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.
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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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Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please.
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So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love.
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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 owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate.
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Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.
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We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman;
scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.
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What have I done? What horrid crime committed?
To me the worst of crimes-outliv'd my liking.
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Stolen sweets are best.
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Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
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Possession is eleven points in the law.
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Then let not what I cannot have
My cheer of mind destroy.
Whilst thus I sing, I am a king,
Although a poor blind boy!
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The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.
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The happy have whole days.
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Faint is the bliss, that never past thro' pain.
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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.
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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!
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Losers must have leave to speak.
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Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
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Banish that fear; my flame can never waste,
For love sincere refines upon the taste.
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Words are but empty thanks.
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You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.
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The wretch that fears to drown, will break through flames;
Or, in his dread of flames, will plunge in waves.
When eagles are in view, the screaming doves
Will cower beneath the feet of man for safety.
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Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
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A weak invention of the Enemy.
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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.
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