Fine declamation does not consist in flowery periods, delicate allusions of musical cadences, but in a plain, open, loose style, where the… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
It is true that some secluded intellectuals in their esoteric circles talk differently. They proclaim the priority of what they call eternal… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Whatever evils either reason or declamation have imputed to extensive empire, the power of Rome was attended with some beneficial consequences to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
In every revolution there intrude, at the side of its true agents, men of a different stamp; some of them survivors of… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I could wish there were a treaty made between the French and the English theatres, in which both parties should make considerableconcessions.… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I know not why any one but a school boy in his declamation would whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The doctrine of foods is of great ethical and political significance. Food becomes blood, blood becomes heart and brain, thoughts and mind… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
From Bard, to Bard, the frigid Caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd, while Passion slept. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Luxury, or a refinement on the pleasures and conveniences of life, had long been supposed the source of every corruption in government,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
So I cradle this average violin that knows Only forgotten showtunes, but argues The possibility of free declamation anchored To a dull… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
The truth is, after all the declamations we have heard, that the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The minds of youth are perpetually led to the history of Greece and Rime or to Great Britain; Boys are constantly repeating… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
When we play an unaccompanied Bach suite we may compare ourselves to an actor in Shakespeare's day, creating scenery which did not… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
Only men of moral and mental force, of a patriotic regard for the relationship of the two races, can be of real… — Fannie Barrier Williams Copy Share Image
Were I to be angry at men being fools, I could here find ample room for declamation; but, alas! I have been… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
