Quote#Wisdom
My valour is certainly going!—it is sneaking off!—I feel it oozing…
Quote byRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1751–1816
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, ‘The Rivals’ (1775) act 5, sc. 3.
English (original)
My valour is certainly going!—it is sneaking off!—I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my hands!
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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