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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
Dramaturge
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Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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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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Fame, the sovereign deity of proud ambition.
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The heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slow to credit anotherĀ“s treachery.
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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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Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.
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In all cases of slander currency, whenever the forger of the lie is not to be found, the injured parties should have a right to come on any of the indorsers.
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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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Sheer necessity,-the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention.
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Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!
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Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen Here 's to the widow of fifty Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen, And here 's to the housewife that 's thrifty! Let the toast pass Drink to the lass I 'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the glass.
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We will not anticipate the past so mind, young people,-our retrospection will be all to the future.
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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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When of a gossiping circle it was asked, What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies.
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A progeny of learning.
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As there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantankerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.
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Mr. Speaker. I said the honorable member was a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. The honorable member may place the punctuation where he pleases.
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There is no trusting appearances.
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Here, my dear Lucy, hide these books. Quick, quick! Fling Peregrine Pickle under the toilette -throw Roderick Random into the closet -put The Innocent Adultery into The Whole Duty of Man thrust Lord Aimworth under the sofa! cram Ovid behind the bolster there -put The Man of Feeling into your pocket. Now for them.
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Believe that story false that ought not to be true.
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Wit loses its point when dipped in malice.
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