17 Quotes & Sayings By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish playwright, poet, and satirist. His plays were primarily comedies and primarily concerned the English lower classes. He is best known for his play "The Rivals" (1775), often considered to be the first modern English-language comedy.

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Never say more than is necessary. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The right honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two! Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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SNEER. But, what the deuce, is the confidante to be mad too? P U F F. To be sure she is. The confidante is always to do whatever her mistress does- weep when she weeps, smile when she smiles, go mad when she goes mad.- Now, Madam Confidante! But keep your madness in the background, if you please. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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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. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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A wise woman will always let her husband have her way. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Our memories are independent of our wills. It is not so easy to forget. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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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
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Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief. Richard Brinsley Sheridan