Eloquence Quotes

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

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 quick and sharp.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

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 eloquence.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

It was an argument of rare power and eloquence.

What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'.

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.