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You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.
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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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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If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!
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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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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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Many a wretch has rid on a hurdle who has done less mischief than utterers of forged tales, coiners of scandal, and clippers of reputation.
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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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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
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Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.
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There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense.
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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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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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Prudence, like experience, must be paid for.
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The silver ore of pure charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good qualities.
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An apothecary should never be out of spirits.
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An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
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Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
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It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.
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'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
