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Pity those whom nature abuses, never those who abuse nature.
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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Never say more than is necessary.
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Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.
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Wit loses its point when dipped in malice.
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As there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantankerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.
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Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.
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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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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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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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Date not the life which thou hast run by the mean of reckoning of the hours and days, which though hast breathed: a life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line, - by deeds, not years.
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A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
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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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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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