Eloquence Quotes

There is no eloquence without a man behind it.

If you are feeling something, then Shakespeare felt it and wrote about it - and wrote about it so eloquently.

In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

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.

[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]

The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.

There is no more sovereign eloquence than the truth in indignation.

Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is also clear.

The nature of our constitution makes eloquence more useful and more necessary in this country than in any other in Europe.

Continued eloquence is wearisome.

Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in.

Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot.

There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.

My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness.

To lose one's health renders science null, are inglorious, strength unavailing, wealth useless, and eloquence powerless.

Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where Le Maitre, Pucelle, and Fourcroy formerly practised it, and where it has become obsolete, to the Pulpit, where it is out of place.

Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered where it is least expected.

Founders v. Bush brings the wisdom and eloquence of the Founding Fathers back to the people, while unmasking the fraudulent PR machine that is corrupting their words and stealing our legacy.

Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.

There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command.

Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love.

Great is the power of Eloquence; but never is it so great as when it pleads along with nature, and the culprit is a child strayed from his duty, and returned to it again with tears.

He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.

Philosophy will tell you what to say, eloquence will tell you how to say it

There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

And how moving is the eloquence of the untaught when it is the heart that is speaking!

Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy.

Eloquence must be grounded on the plainest narrative.

Fortify yourself against seductive eloquence.

Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.

Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.

There is no eloquence which does not agitate the soul.

But to a higher mark than song can reach, Rose this pure eloquence.

E? loquence quipersuade par douceur, non par empire, en tyran, non en roi. Eloquence should persuade gently, not by force or like a tyrant or king.

Eloquence; it requires the pleasant and the real; but the pleasant must itself be drawn from the true.

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

Thare is no chance of hurrying bussiness here like in the legeslature of a State thare is such a desposition here to Show Eloquence that this will be a long Session and do no good.

Beautiful eyes in the face of a handsome woman are like eloquence to speech.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

We cannot all hope to combine the pleasing qualities of good looks, brains, and eloquence.

I am not as eloquent as Stephane Dion.

They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]

The truth is mightier than eloquence, the Spirit greater than genius, faith more than education.

A moment of eloquence enthralls us. An hour's worth leaves us stupefied.

Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!

For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.

Choose your words meticulously and then let them rumble up from some deep furnace of conviction.

COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.

I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.

I grew intoxicated with my own eloquence.