Quote#Books & Reading
The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous — licentious —…
Quote byRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1751–1816
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Critic (1779), Act I, sc. i.
English (original)
The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous — licentious — abominable — infernal — Not that I ever read them — no — I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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