A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A fluent tongue is the only ...
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The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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!
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Pity those whom nature abuses, never those who abuse nature.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
