#pathos

(On the great colonel Robert Green Ingersoll) There was logic even in his laughter. He passed the cup of mirth, and in its sparkling foam were found the gems of unanswerable truth. Every variety of power was in this orator, – logic and poetry, humor and imagination, simplicity and dramatic art, moral and boundless sympathy. . . The effect on the people was indescribable. The large theatre was crowded from pit to dome. The people were carried from plaudits of his argument to loud laughter at his humorous sentences, and his flexible voice carried the sympathies of the assembly with it, at times moving them to tears by his pathos. ↗

— Moncure Daniel Conway

#logic #mirth #pathos #reason #respect

I'm attracted to pathos, because life is mostly pathos. I've had a lot of it in my life. ↗

— Hector Elizondo

#because #had #i #life #lot

The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#charted #crushing #frequently #just #life

I am a big fan of the TV series 'Taxi' which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#any #better #big #big fan #combined

I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#create #euphoria #found #i #loaded

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#expression #eye #genius #language #natural