The right honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts.
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About Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan was a 18th-century Irish anglo-irish playwright, writer and politician. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester. The owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London, he wrote several prominent plays such as The Rivals (1775), The Duenna (1775), The School for Scandal (1777) and A Trip to Scarborough (1777). Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Imagination — The creative power of the mind and visionary thinking