#eloquence

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

— Bertrand Russell

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Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

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The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. ↗

— David Lloyd George

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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'. ↗

— Joan Miro

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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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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. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning. ↗

— Frederick William Faber

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The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

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Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. ↗

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

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