Quote#Wisdom
The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome
Quote byColley Cibber · 1671–1757
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Richard III (altered) (1700), Act III, scene 1. Similar thought by Sir Thomas Browne..
English (original)
The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.
— Colley Cibber
