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Believe that story false that ought not to be true.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Age: 64 †
Born: 1751
Born: October 30
Died: 1816
Died: July 7
Dramaturge
Librettist
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Politician
Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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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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You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.
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A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.
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Our memories are independent of our wills.
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Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.
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