Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, was a 17th-century Irish poet. He made significant contributions to the Irish literary scene and his works are known for reflecting the cultural and political context of his time.
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“The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age.”
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“Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.”
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“Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.”
“We weep and laugh, as we see others do.”
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“Sound judgment is the ground of writing well.”
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“Often try what weight you can support, And what your shoulders are too weak to bear.”
“Truth and fiction are so aptly mixed that all seems uniform and of a piece.”
“Our heroes of the former days deserved and gained their never-fading bays.”
“Invention is not so much the result of labor as of judgment.”
“Whatsoever contradicts my sense, I hate to see, and never can believe.”
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“Beware what spirit rages in your breast; for one inspired, ten thousand are possessed.”
“Let us not write at a loose rambling rate, in hope the world will wink at all our faults.”
“You gain your point if your industrious art can make unusual words easy.”
“The first great work (a task performed by few) Is that yourself may to yourself be true.”
“Words are like leaves; some wither every year, and every year a younger race succeed.”
“What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.”
“I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse.”
“Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense.”