#eloquence

Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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It was an argument of rare power and eloquence. ↗

— William Henry Moody

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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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Courage easily finds its own eloquence. ↗

— Plautus

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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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