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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! — Colley Cibber

I seek no better warrant than my own, conscience. — Philip Sidney

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

O!" Sunny shrieked.
"O!" Klaus agreed.
"O!" Sunny insisted.
"Oh!" Klaus cried. "I see what you mean! ... — Lemony Snicket

The totalitarian state is not a force unleashed, the truth is in chains. — Bernard-Henri Levy

The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose. — Colley Cibber

What about a hoverboard?"
"It's waiting on the roof, of course." Dr. Cable snorted. "What is it about you miscreants and those things? — Scott Westerfeld

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. — John Adams

What have I done? What horrid crime committed?
To me the worst of crimes-outliv'd my liking. — Colley Cibber

When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.

from an essay for Writers by Nancy Crampton — W. H. Auden

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

The happy have whole days, — Colley Cibber

Ah! good Sir! no Whores before Dinner, I beseech you.
[Love's Last Shift] — Colley Cibber

Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding-ring! — Colley Cibber

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

I didn't like seeing you with him" he says. "I don't think I'd like seeing you with any other guy ... beside me. — Simone Elkeles

Thou strange piece of wild nature! — Colley Cibber

I would like to acquire a document autographed by John Witherspoon, who signed the Declaration of Independence and is one of my American heroes. — Gregg Harper

Losers must have leave to speak. — Colley Cibber

Faint is the bliss, that never past thro' pain. — 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

And don't ye be adding any more bows to that. God help ye, it looked like a blind gypsy dropped off a tribute to Herne in your living room. — Rhys Ford

Colley Cibber, are apposite here: "It is not to the actor — Richard Eugene Burton

It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics. — Alexander Lebedev

Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please. — Colley Cibber

Possession is eleven points in the law. — Colley Cibber

The greatest teachers are the ones that turn a B student into an A student, or a failing student into a B student. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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! — Colley Cibber

So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love. — Colley Cibber

Words are but empty thanks. — Colley Cibber

A weak invention of the Enemy. — Colley Cibber

Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended. — Colley Cibber

Banish that fear; my flame can never waste,
For love sincere refines upon the taste. — Colley Cibber

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it. — Colley Cibber

I wish I had a little more joy of cooking - because mostly I have anxiety of cooking. I'm so proud when things come out well. — Maura Tierney

Stolen sweets are best. — Colley Cibber