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They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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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Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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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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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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That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.
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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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I leave my character behind me.
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A man may think an untruth as well as speak one.
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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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An apothecary should never be out of spirits.
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You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.
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As there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantankerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.
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Here, my dear Lucy, hide these books. Quick, quick! Fling Peregrine Pickle under the toilette -throw Roderick Random into the closet -put The Innocent Adultery into The Whole Duty of Man thrust Lord Aimworth under the sofa! cram Ovid behind the bolster there -put The Man of Feeling into your pocket. Now for them.
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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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A progeny of learning.
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I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me
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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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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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Through all the drama - whether damned or not - Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.
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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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