"It is but a poor eloquence which only……" — Joshua Reynolds

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• Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than… — Francis Bacon
• A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can… — Joseph Addison
• Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes… — 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… — 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,… — Hannah More
• No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can… — Edward McKendree Bounds
• When we rely upon organization, we get what organization can do; when we rely upon education, we get what education… — A C Dixon
• What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the… — 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… — George Washington

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