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Richard Brinsley Sheridan, born on October 30, 1751, and died on July 7, 1816, was an influential British playwright. Known for his witty comedies, Sheridan's works have had a profound impact on the development of English drama.

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Famous Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes

“In all cases of slander currency, whenever the forger of the lie is not to be found, the injured parties should have a right to come on any of the indorsers.”

Should Lying Found Party Cases Should Have Currency Injured Slander

Author:Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.”

People Should Kind Lasts Very Good Folks Clever Ancestor Acquaintance Visiting

Author:Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands - we should only spoil it by trying to explain it.”

Should Trying Argument Clever Quarrels Spoil

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“A life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line,-by deeds, not years.”

Life Should Years Lines Deeds

Book:The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: With a Memoir of His Life

Source: The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: With a Memoir of His Life

“An apothecary should never be out of spirits.”

Should Spirit Apothecary

Book:The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Collected by Thomas Moore ... A New Edition ... With a Biographical Sketch

Source: The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Collected by Thomas Moore ... A New Edition ... With a Biographical Sketch

“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.”

Should Years Mean Running Hours Lines Deeds Reckoning

Book:The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Source: The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan