#eloquence

What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'. ↗

— Joan Miro

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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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It was an argument of rare power and eloquence. ↗

— William Henry Moody

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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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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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Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. ↗

— Ben Jonson

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To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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