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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
Librettist
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
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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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A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
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Never say more than is necessary.
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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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There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense.
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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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Self confidence is the ground stone of success
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An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
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A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.
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Steal! to be sure they may and, egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children,-disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own.
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She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
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Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.
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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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It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.
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Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.
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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 throne we honour is the people's choice.
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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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Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.
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