Quotes About Eloquence

Te molesta que permanezca en silencio? ¿Qué iba a decir? No te das cuenta de la callada elocuencia de suspiros y miradas. Una diosa es capaz de romper el sello de los labios. Es Aurora. Ella me despertará un día junto a tus pechos. Sí, entonces cantaré mi himno a los dioses matinales, como el cuadro mnemónico, dulce revelador de secretos.

But I am not going to give every detail. Some things lose their fragrance when opened to the air, and there are stirrings of the soul which cannot be put into words without destroying their delicacy.

A page of good prose remains invincible.

Her pure, and eloquent bloodSpoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought,That one might almost say, her body thought.

One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight; Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight.

Sober character, honest conduct, and sweet talk entitle a real dignity, nothing else.

The thought stays empty and spiritless until that dresses a dress of diction and articulation, to empower itself.

it seemed to me that I had mastered words to the point of sweeping away forever the contradictions of being in the world, the surge of emotions, and breathless speech. In short, I now knew a method of speaking and writing that—by means of a refined vocabulary, stately and thoughtful pacing, a determined arrangement of arguments, and a formal orderliness that wasn't supposed to fail—sought to annihilate the interlocutor to the point where he lost the will to object.

She expressed herself in sentences that were well constructed, and without error, even though she had stopped going to school, but – further – she left no trace of effort, you weren't aware of the artifice of the written word. I read and I saw her, heard her. The voice set in the writing overwhelmed me, enthralled me even more than when we talked face to face; it was completely cleansed of the dross of speech, the confusion of the oral.

Ha llegado el día en que nuestro silencio será más elocuente que las palabras que ayer callaron las bayonetas.

Liars speak often so eloquently that even the truthsayer starts doubting on his own thoughts.

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words.

High thoughts must have high language.

That man is sharp who can say what he wants in a minimum of words.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

I love the exhilaration of feeling a pull quote come out of your mouth. The words just taste better.

Some directors have the gift of the gab, but I don't.

Most people can't talk as fast as I do. I'm not proud of that. That's God-given.

The reading of these speeches added much to my limited stock of language, and enabled me to give tongue to many interesting thoughts, which had frequently flashed through my soul, and died away for want of utterance.

Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness--that means cynically and with innocence.

It is not enough to prove something, one has also to seduce or elevate people to it. That is why the man of knowledge should learn how to speak his wisdom: and often in such a way that it sounds like folly!

The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't.