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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
Dramaturge
Librettist
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Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.
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An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
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There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
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An aspersion upon my parts of speech!
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A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.
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