Quote#Remembrance
The right honorable gentlemen is indebted to his memory for his…
Quote byRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1751–1816
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sheridaniana, Speech in Reply to Mr. Dundas.
English (original)
The right honorable gentlemen is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts.
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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