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Date not the life which thou hast run by the mean of reckoning of the hours and days, which though hast breathed: a life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line, - by deeds, not years.
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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An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
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Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.
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Through all the drama - whether damned or not - Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.
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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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Many a wretch has rid on a hurdle who has done less mischief than utterers of forged tales, coiners of scandal, and clippers of reputation.
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We will not anticipate the past so mind, young people,-our retrospection will be all to the future.
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