"Are you ashamed of having done a right thing once in your life?" "Ah: Sir — consider I live by the Badness of my Character! — I have nothing but my… - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

"Are you ashamed of having done a right thing once in your life?"

"Ah: Sir — consider I live by the Badness of my Character! — I have nothing but my Infamy to depend on! — and, if it were once known that I had been betray'd into an honest Action, I should lose every Friend I have in the world."

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About Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman.

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Alternative Names: Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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