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'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.
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
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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When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension.
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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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Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.
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I leave my character behind me.
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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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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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If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!
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Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!
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A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.
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