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Quotes by Colley Cibber

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.
– Colley Cibber
Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
– Colley Cibber
Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
– Colley Cibber
Thou strange piece of wild nature!
– Colley Cibber
You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.
– Colley Cibber
We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.
– Colley Cibber
Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they ’re ended.
– Colley Cibber
Possession is eleven points in the law.
– Colley Cibber