“Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Scandal
Act I, sc. i.
Source: The School for Scandal (1777)
Quotes from workThe School for Scandal
The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777.
“An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Scandal
Act IV, sc. i.
The School for Scandal (1777)
“I leave my character behind me.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Scandal
Act II, sc. ii.
The School for Scandal (1777)
“Here is the whole set! a character dead at every word.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Scandal
Act II, sc. ii.
The School for Scandal (1777)
“You had no taste when you married me.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Scandal
Act I, sc. ii.
The School for Scandal (1777)
