Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 July 1816) was an Irish playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

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.

Tags: Die, Living, Easier

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience - it also marks the time, which is four o clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan