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Envy1 quote
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1779Fairness1 quote
Be just before you're generous. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1777Generosity1 quote
Be just before you're generous. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1777Gossip1 quote
Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1777Moral theory1 quote
Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1779Tact and discretion1 quote
Never say more than is necessary. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1775Talking too much1 quote
Never say more than is necessary. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1775Thinking for oneself1 quote
The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1779