| "Discretion in speech is more than eloquence." »Francis Bacon |
| "eloquence is in the assembly, not merely in the speaker." »William Pitt |
| "eloquence is a painting of the thoughts." »Blaise Pascal |
| "eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information." »Mark Twain |
| "Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech." »Martin Fraquhar Tupper |
| "The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking." »Louis Vermeil |
| "The finest eloquence is that which gets things done the worst is that which delays them." »David Lloyd George |
| "His intelligence seized on a subject, his genius embraced it, his eloquence illuminated it." »Paterculus |
| "So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence." »Homer |
| "Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority it is the highest summit of art and life." »Henri Frdric Amiel |
| "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." »George Washington |
| "Talking and eloquence are not the same to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks." »Ben Johnson |
| "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 |
| "Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence." »Tom Blair |
| "I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example." »Mario M Cuomo |
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
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