Quotes by Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed. >>

My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out >>

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature -- t >>

Quotations about Absence

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind e >>

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials >>

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. >>

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.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley