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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Age: 64 †
Born: 1751
Born: October 30
Died: 1816
Died: July 7
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Dublin city
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The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands - we should only spoil it by trying to explain it.
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Though I never scruple a lie to serve my Master, it hurts one's conscience to be found out!
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A man may think an untruth as well as speak one.
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If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!
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Our ancestors are very good kind of folks but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.
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Prudence, like experience, must be paid for.
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She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
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They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.
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I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me
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If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!
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When of a gossiping circle it was asked, What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies.
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If Parliament were to consider the sporting with reputation of as much importance as sporting on manors, and pass an act for the preservation of fame as well as game, there are many who would thank them for the bill.
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I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me I ne'er saw nectar on a lip But where my own did hope to sip.
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There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense.
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Through all the drama - whether damned or not - Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.
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Pity those whom nature abuses, never those who abuse nature.
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The throne we honour is the people's choice.
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There is no trusting appearances.
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A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
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