Joseph Devlin quotes
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“All the words in the English language are divided into nine great classes. These classes are called the Parts of Speech. They are Article, Noun, Adjective, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction and Interjection.”
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“Shakespeare was not a scholar in the sense we regard the term to-day, yet no man ever lived or probably ever will live that equalled or will equal him in the expression of thought. He simply read the book of nature and interpreted it from the standpoint of his own magnificent genius.”
-- Joseph DevlinSource : Joseph Devlin (2014). “How to Speak and Write Correctly (illustrated): Fully Formatted Version”, p.109, Full Moon Publications
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“To use a big word or a foreign word when a small one and a familiar one will answer the same purpose, is a sign of ignorance. Great scholars and writers and polite speakers use simple words.”
-- Joseph DevlinSource : Joseph Devlin (2014). “How to Speak and Write Correctly (illustrated): Fully Formatted Version”, p.4, Full Moon Publications
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“There is an old Latin quotation in regard to the poet which says 'Poeta nascitur non fit' the translation of which is- the poet is born, not made.”
-- Joseph DevlinSource : Joseph Devlin (2014). “How to Speak and Write Correctly (illustrated): Fully Formatted Version”, p.108, Full Moon Publications
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“A child can learn what is right as easy as what is wrong and whatever impressions are made on the mind when it is plastic will remain there.”
-- Joseph DevlinSource : Joseph Devlin (2016). “How to Speak and Write Correctly”, p.91, Sheba Blake Publishing
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Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.188, The New Press
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“I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.”
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Source : Source: www.viva-press.com
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“I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.”
Source : "'I'm going to glam up': Clare Balding nervous ahead of prime time TV role" by Simon Boyle, www.mirror.co.uk. December 28, 2012.
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“A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.”
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