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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
Librettist
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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Abuse
Pity
Nature
Never

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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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The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous - licentious -abominable - infernal - Not that I ever read them - No - I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.
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An apothecary should never be out of spirits.
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A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
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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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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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A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.
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Our ancestors are very good kind of folks but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.
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It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.
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I had rather follow you to your grave than see you owe your life to any but a regular-bred physician.
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You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading.
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A man may think an untruth as well as speak one.
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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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An aspersion upon my parts of speech!
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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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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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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.
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I leave my character behind me.
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The throne we honour is the people's choice.
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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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