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Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen;
Here's to the widow of fifty;
Here's to the flaunting, extravegant quean,
And here's to the housewife that's thrifty.
Let the toast pass —
Drink to the lass;
I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Scandal (1777)

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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed!

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Believe not each accusing tongue,
As most weak persons do;
But still believe that story wrong,
Which ought not to be true!

'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.

The Rivals (1775)

Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers.

The School for Scandal (1777)

Never say more than is necessary.

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