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If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!
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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Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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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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I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me
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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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The silver ore of pure charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good qualities.
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The throne we honour is the people's choice.
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Never say more than is necessary.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
I'll make my old clothes know who's master. I shall straightaway cashier the hunting-frock, and render my leather breeches incapable. My hair has been in training some time.
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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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That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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When of a gossiping circle it was asked, What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies.
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Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.
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It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.
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Pity those whom nature abuses, never those who abuse nature.
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I leave my character behind me.
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She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
There is no trusting appearances.
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An aspersion upon my parts of speech!
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An apothecary should never be out of spirits.
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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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