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Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.


Colley Cibber

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He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue
JOHN RUSKIN I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring...
JAMES JOYCE Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.
COLLEY CIBBER This business will never hold water.
COLLEY CIBBER Words are but empty thanks.
COLLEY CIBBER The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
COLLEY CIBBER A weak Invention of the Enemy.
COLLEY CIBBER Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
COLLEY CIBBER You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.
COLLEY CIBBER Thou strange piece of wild nature!
COLLEY CIBBER Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wick...
COLLEY CIBBER Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
COLLEY CIBBER Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of...
COLLEY CIBBER Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended.
COLLEY CIBBER Stolen sweets are best.
COLLEY CIBBER The will for the deed.
COLLEY CIBBER Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, . . . thou female tongue-running, smile-sm...
COLLEY CIBBER As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.
COLLEY CIBBER Possession is eleven points in the law.
COLLEY CIBBER Losers must have leave to speak.
COLLEY CIBBER Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they ’re ended.
COLLEY CIBBER We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismi...
COLLEY CIBBER I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes-- Now though thy friendly hand has...
COLLEY CIBBER So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her Love, And thus the Soldier arm'd with Resolution Told his s...
COLLEY CIBBER Off with his head - so much for Buckingham.
COLLEY CIBBER The happy have whole days,
and those they choose.
The unhappy have but hours,
and tho...
COLLEY CIBBER It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a ...
COLLEY CIBBER Old houses mended, cost little less than new before they're ended
COLLEY CIBBER Tea! thou soft, sober, sage and venerable liquid;- thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, hear...
COLLEY CIBBER Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wick...
COLLEY CIBBER Perish the thought!
COLLEY CIBBER Conscience avaunt, Richard's himself again.
COLLEY CIBBER and those they lose.
COLLEY CIBBER One had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion
COLLEY CIBBER Stolen sweets are best
COLLEY CIBBER Dumb's a sly dog.
COLLEY CIBBER Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
COLLEY CIBBER Tea! Thou soft, thou sober,
sage and venerable liquid ...
to whose glorious insipidity, COLLEY CIBBER Ah! good Sir! no Whores before Dinner, I beseech you."

[Love's Last Shift]
COLLEY CIBBER Eyes says, tongue only talks.
AMIT KALANTRI He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks his ton...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He bites his tongue who speaks in haste.
TURKISH PROVERB Mike never talks -- he proves it with his pads,
SEAN ELLIS An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.
HENRY JAMES He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.
ANDREW LANG My tongue within my lips I rein: For who talks much must talk in vain.
JOHN GAY It sounds great from an institutional standpoint. Maybe the Court could do a better job of persuasio...
EDWARD LAZARUS He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
MATTHEW (MATHEW) HENRY He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
MATTHEW HENRY Best is the Tongue that feels the rein; He that talks much, must talk in vain; We from the wordy Tor...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, if with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.
HILAIRE BELLOC That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He played awesome. You see his reflexes, on little tips in front, gloving them. He's a big-time goal...
COLBY ARMSTRONG He who has little silver in his pouch must have the more silk on his tongue
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
ANONYMOUS He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense
AFRICAN PROVERB Tolerance! The virtue that makes one bite his tongue so that he can tear out his hair.
CRISS JAMI The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks
YIDDISH PROVERB I do not find that piety benefits a man who practises it unless he controls his tongue. Certainly, t...
ALI IBN ABI TALIB When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.
ALFRED KAZIN There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he gets his brain a-going.
C. C. PHELPS Well, I saw 10 minutes of 'Love Actually' the other day and I was like, 'Oh my God, he's in love wit...
CAMERON DIAZ Nobody talks more passionately of his rights than he who, in the depths of his soul, is doubtful abo...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE When a favor is shown to a white man, he feels it in his head and the tongue speaks out; when a kind...
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB He does me double wrong
That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He reads books of all stripes and persuasion, and he decided to read it.
TRENT DUFFY Bud's kind of a perfectionist. He was always changing his swing, reading golf magazines and books to...
CHUCK NEWMAN He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own to...
MARK TWAIN He was more than comfortable with the language of imperious persuasion.
DAN JONES Those tips he gave me saved my baseball life,
TONY LA RUSSA He talks about his Vietnam experience, ... He relates his stories of remarkable heroism, and the imp...
PAUL BEGALA With a ready tongue and rapier wit, Hamilton could wound people more than he realized, and he was so...
RON CHERNOW Mulch's tongue lolled out, resting on the centaur's neck. "Mmm," he mumbled around his tongue. "Hors...
EOIN COLFER He understood his economic situation. That's part of his work ethic. He knows how Stephanie struggle...
AARON LEE I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. . . . . My tongue within my lips ...
JOHN GAY The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie. - The Silence of the Sea.
HILAIRE BELLOC His tongue swirls against my skin, and I gasp. His voice rough with passion, he rasps, "You're livin...
AMANDA BOUCHET A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talk...
SAMUEL JOHNSON That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, If with his tongue he cannot win a woman. -The Two G...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He talks nonsense.
DAVID TUVILL He firmly pulled her body against his and he brushed her lips with his. Staring into her eyes, he li...
LANEY SMITH Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the trut...
OSCAR WILDE Advertising isn't a science. It's persuasion. And persuasion is an art.
WILLIAM BERNBACH His songs are inspiring, and they really inspire young people. I like that he talks about the right ...
FELIX TORRES We hid all the carts. And we steel-reinforced the tips of his shoes.
PETE MACKANIN Gavin de Becker talks about this in his wonderful book The Gift Of Fear. He talks about how the word...
AMY POEHLER He's performed well in some big games in his time, too. I don't know if he can take any tips from me...
LEE HUMPHREY Is everything a joke to you?” I asked.
He dabbed his tongue to his lip again. “Not everythi...
BECCA FITZPATRICK Love's tongue is in his eyes.
JOHN FLETCHER A gentleman never talks about his tailor.
NICK CAVE He tried to pull me against him, and I bit him on the lip.
He licked his lip with the tip of hi...
BECCA FITZPATRICK Heath has enough seductive ability naturally ? he didn't need any tips from me.
SIENNA MILLER Let the poor man mind his tongue.
OVID PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO The tyrant always talks as if he's preserving the best interests of his people when he actually acts...
RAMMAN KENOUN He always pushes the button for technology. Dr. Ballard talks about his expeditions live with a remo...
KATHY HOY Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.
WILLIAM BERNBACH He had swallowed his tongue and was blue. I saw the collision and knew that he was going to be uncon...
MARK JONES Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
GEORGE HERBERT

More Colley Cibber

Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.
COLLEY CIBBER This business will never hold water.
COLLEY CIBBER Words are but empty thanks.
COLLEY CIBBER The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
COLLEY CIBBER A weak Invention of the Enemy.
COLLEY CIBBER Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
COLLEY CIBBER You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.
COLLEY CIBBER Thou strange piece of wild nature!
COLLEY CIBBER Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wick...
COLLEY CIBBER Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
COLLEY CIBBER Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of...
COLLEY CIBBER Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended.
COLLEY CIBBER Stolen sweets are best.
COLLEY CIBBER The will for the deed.
COLLEY CIBBER Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, . . . thou female tongue-running, smile-sm...
COLLEY CIBBER As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.
COLLEY CIBBER Possession is eleven points in the law.
COLLEY CIBBER Losers must have leave to speak.
COLLEY CIBBER Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they ’re ended.
COLLEY CIBBER We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismi...
COLLEY CIBBER I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes-- Now though thy friendly hand has...
COLLEY CIBBER So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her Love, And thus the Soldier arm'd with Resolution Told his s...
COLLEY CIBBER Off with his head - so much for Buckingham.
COLLEY CIBBER The happy have whole days,
and those they choose.
The unhappy have but hours,
and tho...
COLLEY CIBBER It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a ...
COLLEY CIBBER Old houses mended, cost little less than new before they're ended
COLLEY CIBBER Tea! thou soft, sober, sage and venerable liquid;- thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, hear...
COLLEY CIBBER Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wick...
COLLEY CIBBER Perish the thought!
COLLEY CIBBER Conscience avaunt, Richard's himself again.
COLLEY CIBBER and those they lose.
COLLEY CIBBER One had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion
COLLEY CIBBER Stolen sweets are best
COLLEY CIBBER Dumb's a sly dog.
COLLEY CIBBER Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
COLLEY CIBBER Tea! Thou soft, thou sober,
sage and venerable liquid ...
to whose glorious insipidity, COLLEY CIBBER Ah! good Sir! no Whores before Dinner, I beseech you."

[Love's Last Shift]
COLLEY CIBBER We've got to be quicker, faster and smarter!
JACK COLLEY We went hard and we really work on strategy. Then we started to taper down. We don't push the kids. ...
DAVE COLLEY Jesse is on some other planet. He is something else. He goes fast and strong and is so surprising. H...
DAVE COLLEY ...you're my Jedi Knights!
JACK COLLEY With time, the horror of slavery becomes history. Yet today, my heart weeps with deep misery for the...
EVETH COLLEY We've just sent three Blackhawk helicopters and have dozers en route.
JACK COLLEY They beat on him and he was able to hold his position. He was real sound and wasn't put in a bad spo...
DAVE COLLEY If they have to look up and throw, they don't want to change their style all of a sudden. They have ...
DAVE COLLEY My point of view is to let them be in some type of control. There are some parameters and they have ...
DAVE COLLEY That's a critical area for us because of the potential to have large forest fires, much like you'd s...
JACK COLLEY We're preparing for operations through the end of April; that's not good news.
JACK COLLEY There is little or no chance of rain for the next several days.
JACK COLLEY We're very concerned about that.
JACK COLLEY Fifteen counties were impacted, we're still in the response mode, and our objective now is to ensure...
JACK COLLEY We're looking not just at a coastal event, but a second (or) third event that will occur over the ne...
JACK COLLEY There's nothing minimal about Claudette.
JACK COLLEY It's going to be enormous.
JACK COLLEY It could cause a catastrophic flooding event.
JACK COLLEY Hurricanes are the greatest single natural catastrophic threat to this state by far.
JACK COLLEY We have a really good seventh-grade class. Even though they're small, their soccer skills are so dev...
LISA COLLEY We had to go to a junior varsity program because we thought it would be better to wait until the gir...
LISA COLLEY It's our first year coming back. I knew they had talent, but I'm pleasantly surprised. They have a r...
LISA COLLEY I'm so glad God is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path, because I'm afraid of the Dark, and...
MEGHIN ELIZABETH COLLEY A true artist, without a viewer, will still create.
ELIZABETH CLAIRE COLLEY Let the children speak of art
ELIZABETH CLAIRE COLLEY