The right honorable gentlemen is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. (Richard Brinsley Sheridan)

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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