Quotes by Clever I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. Ralph Waldo Emerson hatecleverbook There is only one courage and that is the courage to go on dying to the past, not to collect it, not to accumulate it, not to cling to it. We all cling to the past and because we cling to the past we become unavailable to the present. Rajneesh wisdomwiseclever Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers. Richard Brinsley Sheridan talesmakersclever There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy. Richard Brinsley Sheridan passioncleverheart A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar. Richard Brinsley Sheridan judgingcleverjustice She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile. Richard Brinsley Sheridan headstrongrivalsclever The throne we honour is the people's choice. Richard Brinsley Sheridan choicescleverpeople The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed. Richard Brinsley Sheridan judgingclevernumbers A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside. Richard Brinsley Sheridan wineclevermen The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan governmentclevermemories 'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion. Richard Brinsley Sheridan rivalsmarriageclever Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. Richard Brinsley Sheridan our-memoriesclevermemories An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance! Richard Brinsley Sheridan countenanceeyeclever You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin. Richard Brinsley Sheridan pagescleverbeautiful The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous - licentious -abominable - infernal - Not that I ever read them - No - I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper. Richard Brinsley Sheridan newspaperscleverlooks Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. Richard Brinsley Sheridan politicianpoliticsclever O Lord, Sir - when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin. Richard Brinsley Sheridan madwhiteclever If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another! Richard Brinsley Sheridan abusecleverfriendship The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands - we should only spoil it by trying to explain it. Richard Brinsley Sheridan argumentclevertrying My valour is certainly going! - it is sneaking off! - I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my hands! Richard Brinsley Sheridan cowardicecleverhands«4748495051525354555657»
