Quote#Wisdom
Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen
Quote byRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1751–1816
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The School for Scandal (1777), Act III, sc. iii.
English (original)
Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty; Here's to the flaunting, extravegant quean, And here's to the housewife that's thrifty. Let the toast pass — Drink to the lass; I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass.
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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