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45 Copy quote. Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners. Colley Cibber. Good Man, Screw You, Compass. Colley Cibber, Charles Bathurst (1777). “Love's last shift; Woman's wit; Love makes a man; She would and she would not”, p.49. 15 Copy quote. Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended. Colley ...
Colley Cibber. You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion. Colley Cibber. Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners. Enjoy the best Colley Cibber Quotes at BrainyQuote. Quotations by Colley Cibber, English Playwright, Born November 6, 1671. Share with your friends.
6 quotes from Colley Cibber: 'Thou strange piece of wild nature!', 'The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.', and 'Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage and venerable liquid ... to whose glorious insipidity, I owe the happiest moments of my life, let me fall prostrate.'.
Oct 12, 2023 · Colley Cibber (June 11, 1671 – November 12, 1757) was an English actor, playwright, Poet Laureate, first British actor-manager, and head Dunce of Alexander Pope's Dunciad. Contents 1 Quotes
Outlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it. Colley Cibber. Banish that fear; my flame can never waste, For love sincere refines upon the taste. Colley Cibber. As good be out of the world as out of the fashion. Colley Cibber. And the ripe harvest of the new-mown hay. Gives it a sweet and wholesome odour.
Died On: December 11, 1757. Born In: London, England. Died At Age: 86. Colley Cibber was a renowned English actor-manager and poet laureate. He was a pioneer in the genre of sentimental comedy. He had a humble start to life like many of his contemporaries and was expected to join the church as an adult. His interest in stage compelled him to go ...
Adore Quotes 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.
