Quote#Truth
Believe not each accusing tongue
Quote byRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1751–1816
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reported in Nicholas Harris Nicolas, The Carcanet: a Literary Album, Containing Select Passages from the Most Distinguished English Writers (1828), p. 132.
English (original)
Believe not each accusing tongue, As most weak persons do; But still believe that story wrong, Which ought not to be true!
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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