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

Quote by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Topics: Conscience Quotes

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

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.

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

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

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

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.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

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...

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on...

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on...

The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what...

The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what...

Impossible is a word humans use far too often.

Impossible is a word humans use far too often.

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

Great physicians and nurses, skilled, caring and unparalleled in their training, intervened in my life...

Great physicians and nurses, skilled, caring and unparalleled in their training, intervened in my life...

Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities

Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities