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It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.
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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I leave my character behind me.
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If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!
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It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.
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Believe that story false that ought not to be true.
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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
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The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands - we should only spoil it by trying to explain it.
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A progeny of learning.
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Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.
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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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An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.
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Our memories are independent of our wills.
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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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