There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.

Quote by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Topics: Witty 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

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.

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.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

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,...

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.

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Impossible is a word humans use far too often.

Impossible is a word humans use far too often.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are...

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are...

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

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the...

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the...