Joseph Devlin

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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.
- Joseph Devlin
Collection: Class
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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 Devlin
Collection: Book
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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 Devlin
Collection: Children
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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 Devlin
Collection: Ignorance
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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 Devlin
Collection: Latin