Quote#Wisdom
A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own…
Quote byRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1751–1816
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, On being encountered drinking a glass of wine in the street, while watching his theatre, the Drury Lane, burn down; in T. Moore ‘Life of Sheridan’ (1825) 2, 20.
English (original)
A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside.
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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