Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense. - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

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

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About Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (c. 1633 – 18 January 1685), English poet, was born in Ireland about 1630. He was a nephew of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, and was educated partly under a tutor at his uncle's seat in Yorkshire, partly at Caen in Normandy and partly at Rome.

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Alternative Names: Earl of Roscommon
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