Ellin Devis quotes
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“the most censorious are generally the least judicious; who, having nothing to recommend themselves, will be finding fault with others. No man envies the merit of another, that has any of his own.”
-- Ellin DevisSource : Ellin Devis (1801). “The Accidence: Or First Rudiments of English Grammar. Designed for the Use of Young Ladies”, p.131
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“There are lying looks, as well as lying words; dissembling smiles, deceiving signs, and even a lying silence.”
-- Ellin DevisSource : Ellin DEVIS (1797). “The Accidence; or First rudiments of English grammar. Designed for the use of young ladies ... The third edition, with very considerable additions”, p.126
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“The ordinary manner of spending their time, is the only way of judging of people's inclination and genius.”
-- Ellin DevisSource : Ellin Devis (1801). “The accidence: or, First rudiments of English grammar. Designed for the use of young ladies”, p.130
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation
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“Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.”
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“Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.”