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Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.

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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 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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Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.
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A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
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That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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There is no trusting appearances.
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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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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.
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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
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Satires and lampoons on particular people circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the friends of the parties, than by printing them.
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Our ancestors are very good kind of folks but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.
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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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I leave my character behind me.
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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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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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In all cases of slander currency, whenever the forger of the lie is not to be found, the injured parties should have a right to come on any of the indorsers.
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You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading.
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They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
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Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.
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