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I leave my character behind me.

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
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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!
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She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
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A progeny of learning.
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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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Believe that story false that ought not to be true.
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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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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
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