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"Remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend."
Earl of Roscommon / Essay on Translated Verse. Line 87.

Essay on Translated Verse. Line 87.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"And choose an author as you choose a friend."
Earl of Roscommon / Essay on Translated Verse. Line 96.

Essay on Translated Verse. Line 96.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense."
Earl of Roscommon / Essay on Translated Verse. Line 113.

Essay on Translated Verse. Line 113.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"The multitude is always in the wrong."
Earl of Roscommon / Essay on Translated Verse. Line 184.

Essay on Translated Verse. Line 184.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"My God, my Father, and my Friend, Do not forsake me at my end."
Earl of Roscommon / Translation of Dies Iræ.

Translation of Dies Iræ.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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