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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.
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
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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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She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
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It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.
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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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Pity those whom nature abuses, never those who abuse nature.
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A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
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An aspersion upon my parts of speech!
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Believe that story false that ought not to be true.
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I leave my character behind me.
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When of a gossiping circle it was asked, What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies.
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The throne we honour is the people's choice.
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An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
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A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.
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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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If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!
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If Parliament were to consider the sporting with reputation of as much importance as sporting on manors, and pass an act for the preservation of fame as well as game, there are many who would thank them for the bill.
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If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.
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There is no trusting appearances.
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