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Fame, the sovereign deity of proud ambition.

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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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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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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That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension.
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I had rather follow you to your grave than see you owe your life to any but a regular-bred physician.
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