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
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
The heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slow to credit another´s treachery.
I had rather follow you to your grave than see you owe your life to any but a regular-bred physician.
Here, my dear Lucy, hide these books. Quick, quick! Fling "Peregrine Pickle" under the toilette -throw "Roderick Random" into the closet -put "The Innocent Adultery" into "The Whole Duty of Man"; thrust "Lord Aimworth" under the sofa! cram "Ovid" behind the bolster; there -put "The Man of Feeling" into your pocket. Now for them.
To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.
It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.
Men seldom think deeply on subjects in which they have no choice of opinion: they are fearful of encountering obstacles to their faith--as in religion--and so are content with the surface.
A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.
Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.
Soft pity never leaves the gentle breast where love has been received a welcome guest.
I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning.
Humanity always becomes a conqueror.
For in religion as in friendship, they who profess most are ever the least sincere.
A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure.