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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
Poet
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Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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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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Though I never scruple a lie to serve my Master, it hurts one's conscience to be found out!
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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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Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.
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Mr. Speaker. I said the honorable member was a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. The honorable member may place the punctuation where he pleases.
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It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.
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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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She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
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Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.
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