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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3030 Wentworth Dillon

 
NUMBER:3030
AUTHOR:Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon (1633?–1685)
QUOTATION:Immodest words admit of no defence,
For want of decency is want of sense.
ATTRIBUTION:Essay on Translated Verse. Line 113.