Eloquence Quotes

226 Eloquence quotes by 154 unique authors

Comedy has lost its eloquence. — Robert Klein
Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. — Virgil
It was an argument of rare power and eloquence. — William Henry Moody
As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding… — John Strachan
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. — Ben Jonson
The 1960s was a period when writers in the West began to be aware of the extraordinary eloquence and popular attraction of the Russian poets… — James Fenton
Everything that steel achieves in war can be won in politics by eloquence. — Demetrius
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should… — George Washington
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force. — George Washington
There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm — Edgar Allan Poe
Action is eloquence. — William Shakespeare
'How soon we forget History... Governement is not Reason, Government is not Eloquence, It is force, and, like fire, It is a Dangerous servant and… — Andrew Guzaldo
Love makes a subtle man out of a crude one, it gives eloquence to the mute, it gives courage the cowardly and makes the idle… — Unknown Author
Stunning vistas don't always produce eloquence. — William D Tammeus
Forgivness is The ultimate sacrifice. Eloquence belongs, To the conqueror. — Serj Tankian
All the anger and the eloquence are bleeding into fear. — Counting Crows
A society which should have members in every part of the British Empire working with one object and one idea we should have its members… — Cecil Rhodes
My Lord, give me a disposition of tolerance and compassion, the vocabulary to enlighten, inform, and conquer, the ability to express with eloquence, to recognize… — Unknown Author
Successful physicians have usually cultivated the eloquence necessary to talk their way into, or out of responsibility, as each patient's case demands. — Unknown Author
In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the mere tongue of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
His eloquence was of every kind, and he excelled in the argumentative as well as in the declamatory way. But his invectives were terrible, and… — Philip Dormer Stanhope
Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance and refinement from… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You have witchcraft in your lips, Kate. There is more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the tongues of the French council. — William Shakespeare

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