Quote#Friendship
If it is abuse,—why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned…
Quote byRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1751–1816
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, ‘The Critic’ (1779) act 1, sc. 1.
English (original)
If it is abuse,—why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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