Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon quotes
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“Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.”
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“Praise Him, each savage furious beast That on His stores do daily feast; And you tame slaves, of the laborious plough, Your weary knees to your Creator bow.”
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“Those things which now seem frivolous and slight, Will be of serious consequence to you, When they have made you once ridiculous.”
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“Often try what weight you can support, And what your shoulders are too weak to bear.”
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“Truth and fiction are so aptly mixed that all seems uniform and of a piece.”
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“Our heroes of the former days deserved and gained their never-fading bays.”
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“Invention is not so much the result of labor as of judgment.”
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“Whatsoever contradicts my sense, I hate to see, and never can believe.”
-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonSource : Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1749). “The poetical works of ... Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon”, p.189
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“Grief dejects and wrings the tortured soul.”
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“Beware what spirit rages in your breast; for one inspired, ten thousand are possessed.”
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“Let us not write at a loose rambling rate, in hope the world will wink at all our faults.”
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“You gain your point if your industrious art can make unusual words easy.”
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“The first great work (a task performed by few) Is that yourself may to yourself be true.”
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“Words are like leaves; some wither every year, and every year a younger race succeed.”
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“Sound judgment is the ground of writing well.”
-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonSource : Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1749). “The poetical works of ... Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon”, p.229
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“The last loud trumpet's wondrous sound, Shall thro' the rending tombs rebound, And wake the nations under ground.”
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“The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly good, 'Twill cost you dear before he's understood.”
-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonSource : Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1684). “An essay on translated verse”, p.11
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“Abstruse and mystic thoughts you must express With painful care, but seeming easiness; For truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress.”
-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonSource : "An Essay on Translated Verse" by Wentworth Dillon, line 216, 1684.
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“The multitude is always wrong.”
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“Words once spoken can never be recalled.”
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“I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse.”
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“Choose an author as you would a friend.”
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“Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense.”
-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonSource : 'Essay on Translated Verse' (1684) l. 113
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“... truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress.”
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“The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age.”
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“Men still had faults, and men will have them still; He that hath none, and lives as angels do, Must be an angel.”
-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonSource : Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1749). “The poetical works of ... Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon”, p.46
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“Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.”
-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonSource : Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1749). “The poetical works of ... Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon”, p.25
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“You must not think that a satiric style allows of scandalous and brutish words; the better sort abhor scurrility.”
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“We weep and laugh, as we see others do.”
-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonSource : Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1749). “The poetical works of ... Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon”, p.157
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“What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.”
-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon
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