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Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.
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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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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It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.
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Give them a corrupt House of Lords, give them a venal House of Commons, give they a tyrannical Prince, give them a truckling court, and let me have but an unfettered press. I will defy them to encroach a hair's breadth upon the liberties of England.
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A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.
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You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading.
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Soft pity never leaves the gentle breast where love has been received a welcome guest.
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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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Steal! to be sure they may and, egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children,-disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own.
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A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
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