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

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

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

Essay on Translated Verse (1684)

Abstruse and mystic thoughts you must express
With painful care, but seeming easiness;
For truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress.

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

The press, the pulpit, and the stage,
Conspire to censure and expose our age.

But words once spoke can never be recall'd.

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