All Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Quotes
- Words once spoken can never be recalled. Funny
- I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse. Excuse
- Choose an author as you would a friend. Author
- Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense. Admit
- ... truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress. Brightest
- The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age. Age
- Men still had faults, and men will have them still; He that hath none, and lives as angels do, Must be an angel. Angel
- Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought. All
- Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend. Call
- You must not think that a satiric style allows of scandalous and brutish words; the better sort abhor scurrility. Abhor
- We weep and laugh, as we see others do. Inspirational
- What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled. Change