Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes - Page 2

• La prudencia, como la experiencia, hay que pagarla.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Prudencia, Pago

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Moore (1873). "The Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan", p.77

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• There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Foundation, Scandal, Tales

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, J. W. Lake (1838). “The school for scandal: a comedy in five acts”, p.65

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• Dejo atrás mi carácter.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Carácter, Detrás

  The School for Scandal' (1777) acto 2, esc. 2

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• Usted escribe con facilidad, para mostrar su crianza, Pero la escritura fácil es vil lectura dura.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Inteligente, Lectura, Escritura

  "La protesta de Clío" (escrito en 1771)

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• It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Writing, Heart, Men

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• The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Clever, Memories, Government

  Speech in reply to Mr Dundas, in T. Moore 'Life of Sheridan' (1825) 2, 471

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• Through all the drama - whether damned or not - Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Drama, Plot, Scene

  "The Rivals". Comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Epilogue), January 17, 1775.

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• The most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated counterpart. He is less likely to be promoted at work and he is considered a poor credit risk.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Animal, Wind, Risk

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• A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Knowledge, Tree, Library

  1775 Sir Anthony Absolute. The Rivals, act 1, sc.2.

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• That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Memories, Men, Long

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

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Life, Years, Deeds

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1848). “The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.544

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• There is no trusting appearances.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Trust, Appearance

  'The School for Scandal' (1777) act 5, sc. 2

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• Easy writings curse is hard reading.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Leer, Escribir, Fácil

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• Pity those whom nature abuses, never those who abuse nature.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Nature, Abuse, Pity

  "The Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan".

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• Believe that story false that ought not to be true.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Believe, Stories, Scandal

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• Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now, there is something consoling and encouraging in ugliness.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Perfect, Consoling, Awe

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1833). “The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Collected by Thomas Moore ... A New Edition ... With a Biographical Sketch”, p.66

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• Sheer necessity,-the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Art, Parent, Invention

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (2014). “The Critic”, p.33, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Long, Virtue

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1848). “The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.544

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• There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature - the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Witty, Littles, Tongue

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1825). “The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Complete in One Volume”, p.163

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• There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Uncles, Widowhood, Earth

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Moore (1833). "Las obras: With a biographical sketch", p.10

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• If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Wine, Glasses, Doe

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1826). “Sheridaniana; or, anecdotes of the life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan; his table talk, and bon mots”, p.261

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• An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Clever, Eye, Countenance

  The School for Scandal act 4, sc. 1 (1777)

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• Humanity always becomes a conqueror.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Humanity, Conqueror

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1848). “The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.526

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• The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Clever, Numbers, Judging

  1779 Mr Puff.The Critic, act 1, sc.2.

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• Humanity is composed but of two categories, the invalids and the nurses

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Two, Nurse, Life Sucks

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