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Prudence, like experience, must be paid for.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Age: 64 †
Born: 1751
Born: October 30
Died: 1816
Died: July 7
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It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.
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An aspersion upon my parts of speech!
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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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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
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