Brinsley Sheridan

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    When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover’s apprehension.
    —Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)

    There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I’m sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so.
    —Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)

    He is the very pineapple of politeness!
    —Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)