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A man may think an untruth as well as speak one.
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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A progeny of learning.
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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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A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.
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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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If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!
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A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.
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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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The heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slow to credit another´s treachery.
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