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Colley Cibber Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the english playwright Colley Cibber on topics like thou, happiest, fashion

  • Thou strange piece of wild nature!

    — Colley Cibber on eccentric
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  • Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

    — Colley Cibber on humor
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  • You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.

    — Colley Cibber on fashion
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  • Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.

    — Colley Cibber on absence
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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.

    — Colley Cibber on coffee
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  • About Colley Cibber

    Name Colley Cibber
    Quotes 5 quotations
    Nationality English
    Profession Playwright
    Birthday October 16
    About 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.
    Top topics thou, happiest, fashion, world, insipidity

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    Related Topics

    • eccentric
    • eccentricity
    • thou
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    • piece
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    • nature
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    • screw
    • wit
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    • good
    • manners
    • fashion
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