Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Quotes

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

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

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day.

Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day.

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar.

A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar.

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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

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

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.

The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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

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

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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