Being true Quote by Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

“The first great work (a task performed by few) Is that yourself may to yourself be true.”

Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

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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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Grief dejects and wrings the tortured soul.

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

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We weep and laugh, as we see others do.

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

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

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

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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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The multitude is always wrong.

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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.

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