He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
. . . if [writing] lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence, then the effect is to be… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
“[Giordano] Bruno died, despised and suffering, after eight years of agony. From that moment, his works have attracted interest, and he has… — Dorothea Singer Copy Share Image
We can speak of politics, ethics, and in this way, speak about the world. But at the same time, it's always in… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
I speak as briefly as possible because too much harm has already been done with irresponsible words of bitterness and selfish political… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where Le Maitre, Pucelle, and Fourcroy formerly practised it, and where it has become obsolete,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
What more ghastly image can be called up than that of a man betrayed by his body who, simply because he did… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy… — John Stott Copy Share Image
What is the average type of a counterfeit church? A hammock, attached on one side to the cross, and, on the other,… — Joseph Cook Copy Share Image
Prends l'e loquence et tords-lui son cou! Take eloquence and break its neck! — Paul Verlaine Copy Share Image
Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
“The word 'God' is used in most cases as by no means a term of science or exact knowledge, but a term… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight into our hearts.” — Cochise Copy Share Image
A moment of eloquence enthralls us. An hour's worth leaves us stupefied. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Copiousness of words, however ranged, is always false eloquence, though it will ever impose on some sort of understandings. — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Eloquence is a way of saying things in such a way, first, that those to whom we speak may listen to them… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It had that comfortably sprung, lived-in look that library books with a lively circulation always get; bent page corners, a dab of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
We must recognize the eloquence of our passions and refuse to be taken in. Instead of saying, 'That false friend always did… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image