Eloquent Quotes

164 quotes by 144 authors

Only begin, and you will become eloquent of yourself. — Ovid
In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent. — Ovid
... silence (can) be the most eloquent form of lying. — Pat Conroy
Did you come of age in those sweet summers of the early nineteen-sixties, when the airwaves were full of rock and roll's doo-wop promise of… — John Lahr
I grew up in an eclectic house where people were listening to all types of different music. I also think being educated, eloquent and knowing… — Tinie Tempah
No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so. — George Henry Lewes
But why wasn't I born, alas, in an age of Adjectives; why can one no longer write of silver-shedding Tears and moon-tailed Peacocks, of eloquent… — Logan Pearsall Smith
For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent. — Alfred Nobel
It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious. — Ignatius Loyola
My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton. — Bill Bruford
If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times. — Johann Georg Hamann
I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist has these. A… — Scott Lynch
Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent. — Martial
It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty? — Publilius Syrus
It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in his life. Our… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle grow eloquent over… — Oscar Wilde
He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met people so empty… — Helen Keller

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