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If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!
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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Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading.
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She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
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There is no trusting appearances.
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It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.
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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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A man may think an untruth as well as speak one.
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Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!
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A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
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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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