Quotes About Eloquence

Al lector se le exigirá que asuma una actitud imparcial y objetiva. Esto incluye su aporte a la tarea de lo que Bertrand Russell denominó la "inmunidad a la elocuencia", que significa que el lector es capaz de distinguir entre el placer sensual, el encanto, o el tono insinuante (si lo hubiere) de las palabras y la lógica de su argumento.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

Our indulgence in the pleasures of informality and immediacy has led to a narrowing of expressiveness and a loss of eloquence.

Our indulgence in the pleasures of informality and immediacy has led to a narrowing of expressiveness and a loss of eloquence.19

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the great secrets of eloquence in Society.

Wealth, my son, should never be your goal in life. Your words are eloquent but they are mere words. True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.

Shatov stared at me and said, 'Old boy, you don't understand. A member of the Politburo who can speak for forty minutes without notes — he must be a genius!

In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For even though vanquished he could argue still.

Well-timed silence has more eloquence than speech.

Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

A conquering army on the border will not be halted by the power of eloquence.

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

alternately on his thickly moustached face; he spoke with the unassailable confidence that a college-education in the midst of general illiteracy gives one.

His intelligence seized on a subject, his genius embraced it, his eloquence illuminated it.

Cradled in this community whose currency was relational ethics, my stock in myself soared. My value depended on the glorious intangibility, the eloquence invisibility, of my just being part of the collective—and in direct response I grew spacious and happy and gentle.

I learned to love the feel of good words.

I opened my mouth. Then closed it, deciding this was probably not the right time for questions. Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

Academic writers are bad writers for three reasons. First, they want to sound smart. "If the water is dark," goes a German aphorism, "the lake must be deep." Instead of using good words like smart, they choose sophisticated or erudite.

How can one not feel enthusiasm for the man who never said anything vague?

Take eloquence and wring its neck.