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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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Through all the drama - whether damned or not - Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.
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A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
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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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A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.
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An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
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A man may think an untruth as well as speak one.
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There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
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It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.
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I leave my character behind me.
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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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Wit loses its point when dipped in malice.
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Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.
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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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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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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
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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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If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.
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