Sheridan

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    ‘Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.
    —Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)

    Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.... 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)

    Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it ... that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.
    —Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)