Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridanwas an Irish satirist; a playwright and poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as The Rivals, The School for Scandal, The Duenna and A Trip to Scarborough. For thirty-two years he was also a Whig MP in the British House of Commons for Stafford, Westminsterand Ilchester. He is buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His plays remain a central part of the canon, and...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth30 October 1751
CountryIreland
Easy writings curse is hard reading.
If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!
There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation.
There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so.
Date not the life which thou hast run by the mean of reckoning of the hours and days, which though hast breathed: a life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line, — by deeds, not years...
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.
As there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantankerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.
There 's nothing like being used to a thing.
An apothecary should never be out of spirits.
That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
I own the soft impeachment.
Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now, there is something consoling and encouraging in ugliness.
If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.
Many a wretch has rid on a hurdle who has done less mischief than utterers of forged tales, coiners of scandal, and clippers of reputation.