John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3198 Colley Cibber 1671-1757 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3198 |
| AUTHOR: | Colley Cibber (1671–1757) |
| QUOTATION: | The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives in fame the pious fool that rais’d it. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Richard III. (altered). Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. See Sir Thomas Browne, Quotation 15. [back] |