#eloquence

Eloquence is the poetry of prose. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#poetry #prose

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. ↗

— Virgil

#arms #eloquence #excels #man

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#painting #thoughts

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#agreeable #appreciated #cold #continuity #continuous

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

#only #orator #poor #shows #talk

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#same #speak #talking #things #two

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

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#every #fire #idea #incitement #may

Love makes a subtle man out of a crude one, it gives eloquence to the mute, it gives courage the cowardly and makes the idle quick and sharp. ↗

— Juan Ruiz

#cowardly #crude #eloquence #gives #idle

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. ↗

— David Lloyd George

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In my opinion, it was chiefly owing to their deep contemplation in their silent retreats in the days of youth that the old Indian orators acquired the habit of carefully arranging their thoughts. They listened to the warbling of birds and noted the grandeur and the beauties of the forest. The majestic clouds—which appear like mountains of granite floating in the air—the golden tints of a summer evening sky, and the changes of nature, possessed a mysterious significance. All of this combined to furnish ample matter for reflection to the contemplating youth. ↗

— Francis Assikinack

#native-american-wisdom #nature #oratory #silence #wisdom