The Rivals Quotes

“Had I a thousand daughters, by Heaven! I'd as soon have them taught the black art as their alphabet!”
― Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals

“Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.”
― Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals

“He is the very pineapple of politeness!”
― Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals

“Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge! It blossoms through the year!--and depend on it, Mrs. Malaprop, that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.”
― Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals