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

Quote by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

Our memories are independent of our wills.

Our memories are independent of our wills.

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...

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,...

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 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.

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.

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...

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

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...

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.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying...

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying...

In politics, Madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

In politics, Madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and...

Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and...

Thats just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters into the rhetoric.

Thats just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters into the rhetoric.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...