Quotes About Eloquence

La elocuencia de una exposición es directamente proporcional a la inteligencia de quien la formula, del mismo modo que su credibilidad lo es a la estupidez de quien la recibe», le había dicho.

La elocuencia de una exposición es directamente proporcional a la inteligencia de quien la formula, del mismo modo que su credibilidad lo es a la estupidez de quien la recibe

La elocuencia de una exposición es directamente proporcional a la inteligencia de quien la formula, del mismo modo que su credibilidad lo es a la estupidez de quien la recibe»

The eloquence of an explanation," he had told her, "is directly proportional to the intelligence of the person expressing it, in the same way as its credibility is proportional to the stupidity of the person listening to it.

La elocuencia de una exposición es directamente proporcional a la inteligencia de quien la formula, del mismo modo que credibilidad lo es a la estupidez de quien la recibe.

como no hablaba eso le hacía parecer superior.

Words impress me. If a man can speak eloquently and beautifully to me, I just melt on the floor.

Ah, reader! I would the gods had made thee rhythmical, that thou mightest comprehend the thousandth part of my labours in the evasion of cacophony.

Eloquence, with flattery, disposeth men to confide in them that have it; because the former is seeming wisdom, the latter seeming kindness. Add to them military reputation and it disposeth men to adhere and subject themselves to those men that have them. The two former, having given them caution against danger from him, the latter gives them caution against danger from others.

A habilidade mais valiosa é aquela de jamais usar duas palavras quando uma apenas basta.

And he spoke now about the Word, about the cult of the Word, about eloquence, which he called the triumph of humanity. Because the Word was the glory of humankind, and it alone gave dignity to life. Not just humanism, but humanity itself, man's dignity and self-respect--they were inseparable from the Word, from literature.

If I can contradict you at all, if I can defend your own profession a little against you, it is not by saying anything new, but simply by reminding you of some things you very well know yourself: of the purifying and healing influence of letters, the subduing of the passions by knowledge and eloquence; literature as the guide to understanding, forgiveness, and love, the redeeming power of the word, literary art as the noblest manifestation of the human mind...

la palabra es enemiga de lo misterioso y cruel delatora de lo vulgar.

But where Ma saw only old books gathering dust and smelling of mildew, I found comfort and possibility. Other worlds were within my grasp—better worlds full of rewarded ambition, refinement, and eloquence. I clung to them as a pilgrim whose faith is proportional to the extremity of their need clings to a relic or a prayer.

Always the perfect French, with never a contraction or word of slang.

The way I see it is, I am a boon to the English language.

Beautiful code is short and concise, so if you were to give that code to another programmer they would say, "oh, that's well written code." It's much like as if you were writing a poem.

the urge to bloviate).

Even idiots sometimes have a way with words. And some words have sharp tongues.

A university training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society…It is the education which gives a man a clear conscious view of his own opinions and judgments, a truth in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them and a force in urging them.

dislike that phrase What can you do?, or, as my highly eloquent contemporaries put it: Whatever. The shrug, the attitude, dismisses any possibility of things changing. It's self-perpetuating paralysis.

Mi gente sabe cómo luchar contra los mejores, pero con palabras, con montones de palabras.

No," he said, now in a voice with a touch of eloquence, "authority from God is not afraid of challengers, makes no defense, and cares not one whit if it must be dethroned. "That

Somwhat he lipsed, for his wantownesse,To make his Englissh sweete upon his tonge.