Eloquence Quote by Mary Wortley Montagu

Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered where it…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Manner, as much as matter, constitutes eloquence.

— Francois Delsarte

...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal?

— Hilda Doolittle

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Eloquence is the art of saying as little as possible but making it sound as much as possible.

— Evan Esar

. . . as long as there are movement and harmony, there are words.

— Shannon Hale

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Words are inaccurate pointers to reality and should by no means be trusted.

— Frederick Lenz

A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous.

— Amin Maalouf

Subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.

— George Eliot

Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through.

— Douglas Adams

The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has

— Alia Shawkat