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Justice-august and pure, the a...

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 Sheridan 140 quotes

Mr. Speaker. I said the honora...

Mr. Speaker. I said the honorable member was a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. The honorable member may place the punctuation where he pleases.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

Sheer necessity,-the proper pa...

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

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

Good reading makes for damn ha...

Good reading makes for damn hard writing.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

The most threatened group in h...

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 Sheridan 140 quotes

If I reprehend anything in thi...

If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

There is nothing on earth so e...

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 Sheridan 140 quotes

No scandal about Queen Elizabe...

No scandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope?

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

I ne'er could any lustre see I...

I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip But where my own did hope to sip.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

Where they do agree on the sta...

Where they do agree on the stage, their unanimity is wonderful.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

A man may think an untruth as ...

A man may think an untruth as well as speak one.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

There never was a scandalous t...

There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

Do thou snatch treasures from ...

Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

Egad, I think the interpreter ...

Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

Madam, a circulating library i...

Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

The silver ore of pure charity...

The silver ore of pure charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good qualities.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

Easy writings curse is hard re...

Easy writings curse is hard reading.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

A progeny of learning....

A progeny of learning.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

Easy writing's curst hard read...

Easy writing's curst hard reading.

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

That old man dies prematurely ...

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

Richard Sheridan 140 quotes

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