Eloquent Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Eloquent Infallible Men Orators Oratory Passion Persuasive Simplest
The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nothing is easier for passion than to overcome reason, but the greatest triumph is to conquer a man's own interests. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
People with passion are people who will destroy - for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's willing to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Passion alone could destroy passion. All the thinking in the world could not make so much as a dent in its surface. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Those who are passionate about what they do have an advantage that is nearly impossible to overcome. In passion there is energy, creativity, resilience… — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
Passion is the degree of difficulty we are willing to endure to accomplish the goal. — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
Passion is the element in which we live; without it, we hardly vegetate. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“Passion is not a luxury or a diversion. It is the pathway into coherence. Our brains are wired for alignment. If we listen to… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We believe a scientist because he can substantiate his remarks, not because he is eloquent and forcible in his enunciation. In fact, we distrust… — I. A. Richards Copy Share Image
J. Budziszewski is perhaps the clearest and most eloquent natural lawyer writing today. When reading his works I often find myself amazed by his… — Francis J. Beckwith Copy Share Image
His eyes, I’d long since discovered, could be as eloquent and expressive as his pen. The messages they sent me now hardly seemed decent… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
To women who please me only by their faces, I am the very devil when I find out they have neither souls nor hearts… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it is the… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
President Trump has never been accused of being an eloquent or charismatic speaker. In fact, his rough-edged style has roiled commentators and professional politicos… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
The life of a good man is at the same time the most eloquent lesson of virtue and the most severe reproof of vice. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I don't really listen to Radiohead. I listened to the albums and they just didn't move me in the way, say, John Prine does.… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
Writing is eternal, For therein the dead heart liveth, the clay-cold tongue is eloquent, And the quick eye of the reader is cleared by… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference. — George Eliot Copy Share Image