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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
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Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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The heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slow to credit another´s treachery.
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Self confidence is the ground stone of success
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I'll make my old clothes know who's master. I shall straightaway cashier the hunting-frock, and render my leather breeches incapable. My hair has been in training some time.
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