Books Quote by Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Let us not write at a loose rambling rate, in hope the world will wink at all our faults.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Grief dejects and wrings the tortured soul.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Those things which now seem frivolous and slight, Will be of serious consequence to you, When they have made you once ridiculous.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Beware what spirit rages in your breast; for one inspired, ten thousand are possessed.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

We weep and laugh, as we see others do.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

... truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

The multitude is always wrong.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Invention is not so much the result of labor as of judgment.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Whatsoever contradicts my sense, I hate to see, and never can believe.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon