Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Quote by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small...

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small...

Our memories are independent of our wills.

Our memories are independent of our wills.

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

Be just before you are generous

Be just before you are generous

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky,...

When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky,...

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you...

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you...

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue

Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by

Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and...

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and...