When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) Irish dramatist, satirist, politician
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) Irish dramatist, satirist, politician
The Critic Act I, sc. i (1779)
The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) Irish dramatist, satirist, politician
The Critic, Act I, sc. ii (1779)
Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) Irish dramatist, satirist, politician
The Critic, act II, sc. i (1779)
There is no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice in a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) Irish dramatist, satirist, politician
The School for Scandal, Act 1 (1777)
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