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You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading.
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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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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If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!
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