Eloquence, when in its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection. Votes: 4
David HumeLittle other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence. Votes: 3
Thomas CarlyleYep." Eloquence 'R' Us. When in trouble, keep it monosyllabic"safer that way. Votes: 3
Ilona AndrewsEloquence is heard; poetry is overheard ... All poetry is of the nature of the soliloquy. Votes: 3
John Stuart MillEloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator. Votes: 3
Alphonse de LamartineEloquence is the art of saying as little as possible but making it sound as much as possible. Votes: 3
Evan EsarEloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is also clear. Votes: 3
Benjamin DisraeliKindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning. Votes: 2
Frederick William FaberEvery idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason. Votes: 2
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. Votes: 2
Francois de La RochefoucauldIndeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted. Votes: 2
Edgar Allan PoeIndeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted. Votes: 2
Washington IrvingThe art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society Votes: 2
Nicolas ChamfortTrue eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. Votes: 2
Heinrich HeineTalking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. Votes: 2
Ben JonsonTo acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy. Votes: 2
Bertrand RussellIn fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary. Votes: 2
Robert FitzgeraldWhen a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. Votes: 2
Josh BillingsDrudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonSilence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion. Votes: 0
Christian Nestell BoveeTrue eloquence makes light of eloquence. True morality makes light of morality. Votes: 0
Blaise PascalIn painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner. Votes: 0
John RuskinPersuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. Votes: 0
HomerMeaningful prayer is a matter of the heart, not the eloquence of the words. Votes: 0
Elizabeth GeorgeBeautiful eyes in the face of a handsome woman are like eloquence to speech. Votes: 0
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonHonesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves. Votes: 0
William HazlittI would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence. Votes: 0
Ben JonsonThou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind. Votes: 0
Phillis WheatleyPhilosophy will tell you what to say, eloquence will tell you how to say it Votes: 0
Marcus Cornelius FrontoNo words suffice the secret soul to show, For truth denies all eloquence to woe. Votes: 0
Lord ByronThere is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command. Votes: 0
Joseph AddisonThe art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society. Votes: 0
Nicolas ChamfortHim of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence. Votes: 0
John DrydenOf all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. Votes: 0
William HazlittWe cannot all hope to combine the pleasing qualities of good looks, brains, and eloquence. Votes: 0
HomerHe adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence. Votes: 0
Lord ChesterfieldThe truth is mightier than eloquence, the Spirit greater than genius, faith more than education. Votes: 0
Martin LutherGive a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement. Votes: 0
EuripidesNothing in a graduate degree in art history prepares you for the eloquence of the eraser. Votes: 0
Adam GopnikOnly library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the power good stories hold over us. Votes: 0
Stephen KingThe hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence. Votes: 0
Thomas B. MacaulayAs the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroAnd how moving is the eloquence of the untaught when it is the heart that is speaking! Votes: 0
Mark TwainShame on all eloquence which leaves us with a taste for itself and not for its substance. Votes: 0
Michel de MontaigneThe right eloquence needs no bell to call the people together, and no constable to keep them. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonIn such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th' ignorant More learned than the ears. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareAbruptness is an eloquence in parting, when spinning out the time is but the weaving of new sorrow. Votes: 0
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