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> [When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/when-of-a-gossiping-circle-it-was-asked-what-are-they-doing-the/)

[Richard Brinsley Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brinsley-sheridan/)

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## More by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

> [That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/that-old-man-dies-prematurely-whose-memory-records-no-benefits/)

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> [My valour is certainly going! - it is sneaking off! - I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/my-valour-is-certainly-going-it-is-sneaking-off-i-feel-it-oozing-out/)

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> [I hate to see prudence clinging to the green suckers of youth; 'tis like ivy round a sapling, and spoils the growth of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/i-hate-to-see-prudence-clinging-to-the-green-suckers-of-youth-tis/)

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> [Easy writing's curst hard reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/easy-writing-s-curst-hard-reading/)

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> [To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/to-smile-at-the-jest-which-plants-a-thorn-in-another-s-breast-is-to/)

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> [I ne'er could any luster see in eyes that would not look on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/i-ne-er-could-any-luster-see-in-eyes-that-would-not-look-on-me/)

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> [A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/a-readiness-to-resent-injuries-is-a-virtue-only-in-those-who-are-slow/)

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> [Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/remember-that-when-you-meet-your-antagonist-to-do-everything-in-a/)

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> [Pity those whom nature abuses, never those who abuse nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/pity-those-whom-nature-abuses-never-those-who-abuse-nature/)

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> [Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/ay-ay-the-best-terms-will-grow-obsolete-damns-have-had-their-day/)

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> [You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/you-shall-see-them-on-a-beautiful-quarto-page-where-a-neat-rivulet-of/)

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> [Those that vow the most are the least sincere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/those-that-vow-the-most-are-the-least-sincere/)

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> [There is no trusting appearances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/there-is-no-trusting-appearances/)

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> [Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/certainly-nothing-is-unnatural-that-is-not-physically-impossible/)

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> [The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/the-surest-way-not-to-fail-is-to-determine-to-succeed/)

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