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Quotes About Eloquence

Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love
~ Soren Kierkegaard
If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.
~ Maria Montessori
Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of artsAnd eloquence.
~ John Milton
Be a great speaker, become a leader.
~ John Quincy Adams
Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.
~ John Selden
All Demosthenes' eloquence could never revive a body that luxury and the arts had enervated
~ John T. Scott
The poet is poor, but the orator is made by cultivation." Horace
~ John Taliaferro
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.
~ John W. Gardner
An essay writer's pen weaves thoughts into a tapestry of eloquence, where every word is a brushstroke painting the canvas of knowledge
~ Ellen
He knows so little and knows it so fluently.
~ Ellen Glasgow
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~ Emil Cioran
Good tea is eloquent enough, it turns out, to change a person's mind.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Good tea is eloquent enough, it turns out, to change a person's mind. Nakajima
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Fateful moments tend to evoke grandeur of speech, especially in French.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
Talent for oratory can simulate the need for action and even thought.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
House Speaker Thomas Reed could destroy an argument or expose a fallacy in fewer words than anyone else. His language was vivid and picturesque. He had a way of phrasing things which was peculiarly apt and peculiarly his own.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
Deep Love is slow of speech and void of art; Silence and timid tears reveal his heart. But shallow Love is ever eloquent To mouth his meagre passion -- and depart.
~ barker elsa iv
I know that I am a charmer, for when I wait Time always stands still.
~ barker elsa iv
you make me feel intelligent, especially when you talk
~ Bart King
Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Corambé debía tener, por lo tanto, todos los atributos de la belleza física y moral: el don de la elocuencia, el encanto poderoso de las artes y, sobre todo, la magia de la improvisación musical.
~ George Sand
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
~ George Washington
To be considered presidential timber, there has to be a measure in the way you present your argument.
~ Judy Sheindlin