Eloquence Quotes

226 Eloquence quotes by 154 unique authors

The eye speaks with an eloquence and truthfulness surpassing speech. It is the window out of which the winged thoughts often fly unwittingly. It is… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
Everyone in their life has his own particular way of expressing life's purpose - the lawyer his eloquence, the painter his palette, and the man… — Gino Bartali
True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Can the real Constitution be restored? Probably not. Too many Americans depend on government money under programs the Constitution doesn't authorize, and money talks with… — Joseph Sobran
In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd… — John Milton
Neither numbers nor powers nor wealth nor learning nor eloquence nor anything else will prevail, but purity, living the life, in one word, anubhuti, realisation.… — Swami Vivekananda
There is an art in silence, and there is an eloquence in it too. — Frank Bettger
What manly eloquence could produce such an effect as woman's silence? — Jules Michelet
If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
. . . if [writing] lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence, then the effect is to be wide, slow, permanent,… — Marsilio Ficino
Exactness is first obtained, and afterwards elegance. But diction, merely vocal, is always in its childhood. As no man leaves his eloquence behind him, the… — Samuel Johnson
He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence. — Lord Chesterfield
What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit. — John Stott
True spiritual knowledge has sometimes flourished most grandly in some who were without eloquence and almost illiterate. And this is very clearly shown by the… — John Cassian
Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence. — John Dryden
The House is composed of very good men, not shining, but honest and reasonably well-informed, and in time will be found to improve, and not… — Fisher Ames
One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue. — Confucius
Music can noble hints impart, Engender fury, kindle love, With unsuspected eloquence can move, And manage all the man with secret art. — Joseph Addison
COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. — Ambrose Bierce
[T]here are, at bottom, basically two ways to order social affairs, Coercively, through the mechanisms of the state - what we can call political society.… — Ed Crane
Whatever capital you divert to the support of a shiftless and good-for-nothing person is so much diverted from some other employment, and that means from… — William Graham Sumner
The Lord is no respector of persons, and will give success to all who work for it. If l can only impress upon the minds… — Heber J. Grant
A thunder-storm!—the eloquence of heaven, When every cloud is from its slumber riven, Who hath not paused beneath its hollow groan, And felt Omnipotence around… — Robert Montgomery
Finally, everybody agrees that no one pursuit can be successfully followed by a man who is preoccupied with many things-eloquence cannot, nor the liberal studies-since… — Seneca the Younger
When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. — Josh Billings

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