Eloquence Quotes · Page 8

Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

— Mark Twain

A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

— Heinrich Heine

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

— Bertrand Russell

Eloquence is to the sublime what the whole is to the part.

— Jean de la Bruyere

It was an argument of rare power and eloquence.

— William Henry Moody

Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.

— Umar

Say she rail; why, I'll tell her plain She sings as sweetly as a nightingale. Say that she frown; I'll say she…

— William Shakespeare

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.

— Oliver Goldsmith

In the modesty of fearful duty, I read as much as from the rattling tongue of saucy and audacious eloquence.

— William Shakespeare

My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness.

— George W. Romney

Earnestness is the salt of eloquence.

— Victor Hugo

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get…

— Blaise Pascal

So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence.

— Homer

Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication…

— Joseph Addison

Exactness is first obtained, and afterwards elegance. But diction, merely vocal, is always in its childhood. As no man leaves his eloquence…

— Samuel Johnson

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed…

— Joseph Addison

It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going…

— Voltaire

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation &…

— Humphry Davy

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

— Francis Bacon

It is the heart which inspires eloquence.

— Quintilian

Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Eloquence; it requires the pleasant and the real; but the pleasant must itself be drawn from the true.

— Blaise Pascal

The shadows are as important as the light.

— Charlotte Bronte