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There is no trusting appearances.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Age: 64 †
Born: 1751
Born: October 30
Died: 1816
Died: July 7
Dramaturge
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Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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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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Pity those whom nature abuses, never those who abuse nature.
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An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
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