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: Possibility Quotes

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,...

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

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.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

Our memories are independent of our wills.

Our memories are independent of our wills.

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon...

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon...

No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.

No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.

Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick...

Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick...

Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine...

Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine...

The moment when you see your ex again after so much time and it brings...

The moment when you see your ex again after so much time and it brings...

Liars ought to have good memories

Liars ought to have good memories

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

In memory everything seems to happen to music.