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.
It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.
Had I a heart for falsehood framed, I ne'er could injure you.
Justice-august and pure, the abstract idea of all that would be perfect in the spirits and the inspirations of men!-where the mind rises; where the heart expands; where the countenance is ever placid and benign; where her favorite attitude is to stoop to the unfortunate; to hear their cry and to help them; to rescue and relieve; to succor and save; majestic, from its mercy; venerable, from its Lutility; uplifted, without pride; firm without obduracy; beneficent in each preference; lovely, though in her frown!
Women govern us; let us render them perfect: the more they are enlightened, so much the more shall we be. On the cultivation of the mind of women depends the wisdom of men. It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.
You know it is not in my interest to pay the principal; nor is it my principal to pay the interest.
A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar.
He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.
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.
My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands!
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.
You know it is not my interest to pay the principal, or my principal to pay the interest.
The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.