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

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

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.

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 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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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 is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

Comforts corrode our consciences

Comforts corrode our consciences

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

Conscience... is the impulse to do right because it is right, regardless of personal ends.

Conscience... is the impulse to do right because it is right, regardless of personal ends.