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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.
Philosophy will tell you what to say, eloquence will tell you how to say it
Borrowed eloquence, if it contains as good stuff, is as good as own eloquence
Yep.” Eloquence ’R’ Us. When in trouble, keep it monosyllabic—safer that way.
True eloquence makes light of eloquence. True morality makes light of morality.
In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner.
There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command.
The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.
Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
And how moving is the eloquence of the untaught when it is the heart that is speaking!
Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.
Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.
Eloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator.
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.
To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
An orator of past times declared that his calling was to make small things appear to be grand.
Eloquence; it requires the pleasant and the real; but the pleasant must itself be drawn from the true.
If you are feeling something, then Shakespeare felt it and wrote about it - and wrote about it so eloquently.
What I am seeking... is a motionless movement, something equivalent to what is called the eloquence of silence.
Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies.
It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness.
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.
The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
Copiousness of words, however ranged, is always false eloquence, though it will ever impose on some sort of understandings.
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue.
Our common future is badly served when the eloquence of our attack on the other fellow exceeds the energy with which we cooperate with them.
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.
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.
Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.
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.
It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
Enthusiasm is always an interesting spectacle. When it expresses itself with an honest and artless eloquence, it is difficult to listen to it and not, in some degree, to catch the flame.
Since Kennedy's death, the nation has not seen, in any of his successors, his cosmopolitan intellectualism or the oratorical eloquence with which he sought to lead the nation by the power of his words.
Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.
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.
It's true that interacting through text means no eyelines, no facial expressions, no tone of voice. That can be an advantage, helping us to consider content rather than eloquence, import rather than source.
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'.
I promised myself that I would write as well as I can, tell the truth, not to tell everything I know, but to make sure that everything I tell is true, as I understand it. And to use the eloquence which my language affords me.
Of the modern critics, although I disagree with almost everything she says, I admire Mary McCarthy's eloquence and social observation in 'Sights and Spectacles'; she thinks in print, but she doesn't have a real feel for the stage.
What shaped my politics regarding war and peace was Martin Luther King Jr., the most extraordinary person that I ever heard. And when he began to talk about the issues of war and peace with such eloquence and such passion, I was drawn to that like a magnet.
Part of what's mesmerizing about 'The Mechanics of History' is its physical eloquence - how dancerly it is. The men don't fall; they float. And when the trampoline restores them to the staircase, they move at a half speed. Cinema, they say, is 24 frames per second.
President Obama certainly has an impressive gift for eloquence, and he has a global vision, as did my father. He doesn't rattle easy, and he doesn't harbor animosity, which were also characteristics my father had. But my father's arena was far broader than politics.
The 1960s was a period when writers in the West began to be aware of the extraordinary eloquence and popular attraction of the Russian poets such as Yevtushenko and Voznesensky - oppositional figures who could draw crowds. The Russian poets recited from memory as a matter of course.
In Congress, there are some who are unashamed to aspire to eloquence, even to scholarship, but the only state legislator I ever knew who would not join in the mispronounceciation of a word for the sake of camaraderie with her fellows was former State Senator and Congresswoman Barbara Jordan.