#eloquence

In my opinion, it was chiefly owing to their deep contemplation in their silent retreats in the days of youth that the old Indian orators acquired the habit of carefully arranging their thoughts. They listened to the warbling of birds and noted the grandeur and the beauties of the forest. The majestic clouds—which appear like mountains of granite floating in the air—the golden tints of a summer evening sky, and the changes of nature, possessed a mysterious significance. All of this combined to furnish ample matter for reflection to the contemplating youth. ↗

— Francis Assikinack

#native-american-wisdom #nature #oratory #silence #wisdom

I want to go to a church that speaks in tongues and recite Shakespeare in a foreign language. It will be God's most eloquent exorcism. ↗

— Bauvard

#eloquence #funny #god #humor #funny

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis. ↗

— William R. Alger

#emphasis #exaggeration #false #true

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning. ↗

— Frederick William Faber

#eloquence #kindness #learning #more #sinners

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

— Nicolas Chamfort

#eloquence #greatest #secrets #society

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. ↗

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

#hath #more #silence #speech #than

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#anderbo-com #art #beauty #behavior #books

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

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. ↗

— Virgil

#arms #eloquence #excels #man