Eloquence

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

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

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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.

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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.

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

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

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True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

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When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.

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* * as that dishonest victory[Isocrates, the celebrated orator of Greece.]

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It is with eloquence as with a flame; it requires fuel to feed it, motion to excite it, and it brightens as it burns.

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Pour the full tide of eloquence along,Serenely pure, and yet divinely strong.

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Does the painter imitate the body correctly if he guides his brush without any method, and if his hand is moved at random and the lines are not drawn with art? In the same way you will not put the sentiment of your mind in front of the others’ eyes unless you use appropriate and distinct words, a fitting arrangement of words and the right order of sentences. For, just as we represent bodies by colours, we represent the sentiment of our mind by speech.

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You can see for what reason I commend the study of eloquence to you—because we can neither explain what we ourselves want, nor understand the surviving writing written by our ancestors, unless we have thoroughly studied a fixed rule for speaking. For my part, I do not see how there could be others who wish neither to explain what they think, nor to understand what is excellently said.

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The shadow does not follow the body more closely than eloquence accompanies sagacity.

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What do you believe was on the mind ancient Romans that they called the arts of speaking humanity? They judged that, indisputably, by the study of these disciplines not only was the tongue refined, but also the wildness and barbarity of people’s minds was amended.

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A man in all the world's new fashion planted,That hath a mint of phrases in his brain.

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That aged ears play truant at his talesSo sweet and voluble is his discourse.

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Every tongue that speaksBut Romeo's name speaks heavenly eloquence.

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Say she be mute and will not speak a word;And say she uttereth piercing eloquence.

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The most eloquent voice of our century uttered, shortly before leaving the world, a warning cry against the "Anglo-Saxon contagion."

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Discourse may want an animated "No"To press your point with modesty and ease.

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But while listening Senates hang upon thy tongue,A roll of periods, sweeter than her song.

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

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Denial of one's better self seals the lips or pollutes them. Fidelity to conviction opens them and truth blossoms in eloquence. ... He who aspires to master the art of expression must first of all consecrate himself completely to some great cause.

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The distrust which peasants and children display for glib persons has always preserved the notion of that injustice which made language the servant of gain.

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