#eloquence

Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop. ↗

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

#humour #speech #art

Our relationship was convoluted and was mired in cross-cultural vicissitude.Our promising friendship faltered after she became a supermodel.What prejudice could not destroy was extinguished by fame and a lucrative modeling contract. ↗

— Fidelis O Mkparu

#friendship

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

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True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

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Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. ↗

— David Hume

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As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence. ↗

— John Strachan

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One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. ↗

— Virgil

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