Eloquence Quotes

226 quotes by 158 authors

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words,… — Francis Bacon
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. — Joseph Addison
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any… — Ambrose Bierce
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral… — Henri Frederic Amiel
To lose one's health renders science null, are inglorious, strength unavailing, wealth useless, and eloquence powerless. — Herophilos
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul. — Hannah More
No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for lack of fire.… — Edward McKendree Bounds
When we rely upon organization, we get what organization can do; when we rely upon education, we get what education can do; when we rely… — A C Dixon
What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what… — Joan Miro
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. — Heinrich Heine
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. — George Washington
When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound… — George S. Patton
Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises, and… — Samuel Johnson
Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning. — Frederick William Faber
Seldom do people discern eloquence under a threadbare cloak — Juvenal
The ambition of superior sensibility and superior eloquence disposes the lovers of arts to receive rapture at one time, and communicate it at another; and… — Samuel Johnson
Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least… — Charles Caleb Colton

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