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• If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!
  -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- The Rivals, Act iii, Sc. 3...
• There 's nothing like being used to a thing. -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- The Rivals, Act v, Sc.
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• As there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantankerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.
  -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- The Rivals, Act v, Sc. 3...
• As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
  -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- The Rivals, Act iii, Sc. 3...
• He is the very pine-apple of politeness! -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- The Rivals, Act iii, Sc.
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• A progeny of learning. -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- The Rivals, Act i, Sc. 2
• T is safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.
  -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- The Rivals, Act i, Sc. 2...
• You 're our enemy; lead the way, and we 'll precede.
  -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- The Rivals, Act v, Sc. 1...
• I leave my character behind me. -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- School for Scandal, Act ii, Sc.
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