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An apothecary should never be out of spirits.
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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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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Sheer necessity,-the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention.
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An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
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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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