The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it. - Colley Cibber

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The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome
Outlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.

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About Colley Cibber

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.

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