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• It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Pay, Principles, Credit

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1913). “The works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: dramas, poems, translations, speeches, unfinished sketches, and ana”

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• We will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people,-our retrospection will be all to the future.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Future, Past, People

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1833). “The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Collected by Thomas Moore ... A New Edition ... With a Biographical Sketch”, p.33

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• Humanity is composed but of two categories, the invalids and the nurses

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Two, Nurse, Life Sucks

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• A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Revenge, Virtue, Injury

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1848). “The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.513

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• Wine does but draw forth a man's natural qualities.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Wine, Men, Quality

  1777 Charles Surface. The School for Scandal, act 3, sc.3.

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• I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip But where my own did hope to sip.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Hope, Eye, Looks

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1833). “The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Collected by Thomas Moore ... A New Edition ... With a Biographical Sketch”, p.60

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• He is the very pineapple of politeness.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Clever, Pineapples, Politeness

  The Rivals act 3, sc. 3 (1775)

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• A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Clever, Justice, Judging

  1775 The Duenna, act 2, sc.3.

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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.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Queens, Glasses, Alcohol

  'The School for Scandal' (1777) act 3, sc. 3

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• Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Impossible, Ecology, Unnatural

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1848). “Dramatic works”, p.462

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• No scandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope?

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Hope, Queens, Scandal

  1779 Mr Sneer, of Mr Puff's tragedy 'The Spanish Armada'.The Critic, act 2, sc.1.

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• Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Love, Alaska, Quality

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1825). “The Works of the Late ... Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Collected by Thomas Moore, Etc”, p.26

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• I own the soft impeachment.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Confession, Impeachment

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Leigh Hunt (1840). “The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: With a Biographical and Critical Sketch”, p.29

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• I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Character, Behinds, Particular

  'The School for Scandal' (1777) act 2, sc. 2

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• The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands - we should only spoil it by trying to explain it.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Clever, Trying, Argument

  'The Rivals' (1775) act 4, sc. 3

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• Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Bail, Debt, Bailing Out

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Moore (1833). “The works: With a biographical sketch”, p.55

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• I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Daughter, Learning, Mean

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Leigh Hunt (1846). “The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: With a Biographical and Critical Sketch”, p.6

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• The silver ore of pure charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good qualities.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Men, Quality, Charity

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1823). “The School for Scandal: A Comedy”, p.128

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• I hate to see prudence clinging to the green suckers of youth; 'tis like ivy round a sapling, and spoils the growth of the tree.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Hate, Ivy, Tree

  1777 Sir Oliver Surface. The School for Scandal, act 2, sc.3.

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• Where they do agree on the stage, their unanimity is wonderful.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Agreement, Wonderful, Stage

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1833). “The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Collected by Thomas Moore ... A New Edition ... With a Biographical Sketch”, p.188

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• The throne we honour is the people's choice.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Clever, People, Choices

  'Pizarro' (1799) act 2, sc. 2

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• There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Degrees, Needs, Addresses

  1777 Joseph Surface. The School for Scandal, act 5, sc.1.

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• Believe not each accusing tongue,
  As most weak persons do;
  But still believe that story wrong,
  Which ought not to be true!

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Believe, Stories, Tongue

  "The Carcanet: a Literary Album, Containing Select Passages from the Most Distinguished English Writers". Book by Nicholas Harris Nicolas, 1828.

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• There 's nothing like being used to a thing.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Used

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Hermann CROLL (1842). “The Rivals, etc”, p.127

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• Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Treasure, Kingdoms, Lips

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Moore (1833). “The works: With a biographical sketch”, p.77

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