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There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Age: 64 †
Born: 1751
Born: October 30
Died: 1816
Died: July 7
Dramaturge
Librettist
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Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature - the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.
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A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.
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Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.
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