Eloquence Quote by Blaise Pascal Download Open image “Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.” — Blaise Pascal ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Eloquence Painting Philosophy of Mind
Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Eloquence shows the power and possibility of man. There is one of whom we took no note, but on a certain occasion it appears… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Eloquence must be grounded on the plainest narrative. Afterwards, it may warm itself until it exhales symbols of every kind and color, speaks only… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Eloquence, when at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection; but addressing itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Remember always, in painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner, and the fewer your words; and in… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The method of not erring is sought by all the world. The logicians profess to guide it, the geometricians alone attain it, and apart… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Reflect on death as in Jesus Christ, not as without Jesus Christ. Without Jesus Christ it is dreadful, it is alarming, it is the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire truth and… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things! — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
[T]here are, at bottom, basically two ways to order social affairs, Coercively, through the mechanisms of the state - what we can call political… — Ed Crane Copy Share Image
Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Among all the valuable things of this world, the word is the most precious. For in the word one can find a light which… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Your eloquence should be the servant of the ideas in your head. Your rule might be this: If a sentence, no matter how excellent,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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