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
Wine does but draw forth a man's natural qualities.
I ne'er could any luster seeIn eyes that would not look on me.
You know it is not in my interest to pay the principal; nor is it my principal to pay the interest.
The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.
My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands!
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.
A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar.
The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense.
Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.
A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
Humanity always becomes a conqueror.
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.
When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension.