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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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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. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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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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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. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. ↗

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

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It was an argument of rare power and eloquence. ↗

— William Henry Moody

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Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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