Quotes About Eloquence

Eloquence is painted thought, and thus those who, after having painted it, add somewhat more, make a picture, not a portrait.

Eloquence.— We need both what is pleasing and what is real, but that which pleases must itself be drawn from the true.

Eloquence is an art of saying things in such a way (1) that those to whom we speak may listen to them without pain and with pleasure; (2) that they feel themselves interested, so that self-love leads them more willingly to reflection upon it.

Eloquence.—It requires the pleasant and the real; but the pleasant must itself be drawn from the true.

Eloquence. There must be elements both pleasing and real, but what is pleasing must itself be drawn from what is true.

Everything that I'm saying You can say it just as good

James Joyce seemed like the most arrogant man who ever lived, had both his eyes wide open and great faculty of speech, but what he say, I knew not what.

In that case we must say that rhetoric is any adornment or inflation of speech which is not done for a particular effect but for a general impressiveness.

From what I hear, he is a young man of sparkling if not always kindly wit.

Magnanimous of you.' His mouth twitched. 'Mmm. Use more words like that, please. Schoolmistress words. Long, impressive ones.' He'd made the last three words sound like an innuendo.

Concering the power of the written word

I'm not a guy who curses very much in my personal life. When I curse it sounds like a kid trying to be cool. But I think there are quite a few people, my father being one of them, who use curse words rather eloquently.

Seldom do people discern Eloquence under a threadbare cloak.

Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

Kebijaksanaan dalam berbicara lebih berharga daripada kefasihan.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

There is an art i n silence, and there is an eloquence i n it too.

habit of speaking in paragraphs.

The point about words is—the better you use them, the stronger is the thought that wears them.

Mastery of language affords remarkable power.