Quotes About Eloquence

creative wordsmiths, who need to know the canons of pedestrian prose

what is style, after all, but the effective use of words to engage the human mind?

According to studies of writing quality, a varied vocabulary and the use of unusual words are two of the features that distinguish sprightly prose from mush.

Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.

Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love

It's just that I suffer very eloquently

Het juiste woord, de precisie van de formulering, (...) verschaft de schrijver die 'heimelijke zorgeloosheid', het geluksgevoel. Citaat uit 'De vreugde van het formuleren

El coraje sentenció Lamartine- es la primera de las elocuencias, es la elocuencia del carácter". Noble decir. El que aspira a ser águila debe mirar lejos y volar alto; el que se resigna a arrastrarse como un gusano renuncia al derecho de protestar si lo aplastan.

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

Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.

Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. It heightens all the virtues which it accompanies; like the shades in paintings, it raises and rounds every figure, and makes the colours more beautiful, though not so glaring as they would be without it.

Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon.

Oratory is the power to talk people out of their sober and natural opinions.

To use a big word or a foreign word when a small one and a familiar one will answer the same purpose, is a sign of ignorance. Great scholars and writers and polite speakers use simple words.

There are two guiding principles in the choice of words,—good use and good taste. Good use tells us whether a word is right or wrong; good taste, whether it is adapted to our purpose or not.

Horace, fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum?" He paused, and then translated. "Whom have flowing cups not made eloquent?

Las únicas armas eran las palabras, por lo que no tarde en aprender a blandirlas con mucha habilidad.

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

As I looked at the stains on the coral, I recalled some of the eloquent phrases of politicians and newsmen about how "gallant" it is for a man to "shed his blood for his country," and "to give his life's blood as a sacrifice," and so on. The words seemed ridiculous. Only the flies benefited.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

I would like to think that I curse expertly - it's not something that I do without considering it. I never curse without intending to; it's not something I resort to because of inability to articulate or find the correct word.

Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.

Neither rings, bright chains, nor bracelets, perfumes, flowers, nor well-trimmed hair, Grace a man like polished language, th' only jewel he should wear.