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"Action is eloquence." »William Shakespeare
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"eloquence is a painting of the thoughts." »Blaise Pascal
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"Discretion in speech is more than eloquence." »Francis Bacon
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"eloquence is in the assembly, not merely in the speaker." »William Pitt
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"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech." »Martin Fraquhar Tupper
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"The finest eloquence is that which gets things done the worst is that which delays them." »David Lloyd George
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"eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information." »Mark Twain
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"The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking." »Louis Vermeil
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"The finest eloquence is that which gets things done; the worst is that which delays them." »Lloyd George
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"His intelligence seized on a subject, his genius embraced it, his eloquence illuminated it." »Paterculus
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"So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence." »Homer
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"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master." »George Washington
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"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." »George Washington
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"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master." »George Washington
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"Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life." »Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"Talking and eloquence are not the same thing: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks." »Ben Johnson, Timber; or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter
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"A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every talent which a man can be possessed of. It heightens all the virtues which it accompanies; like the shades of paintings, it raises and rounds every figure, and makes the colours more beautiful, though not so glowing as they would be without it." »Addison
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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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"While the slightest inconveniences of the great are magnified into calamities, while tragedy mouths out their sufferings in all the strains of eloquence, the miseries of the poor are entirely disregarded; and yet some of the lower ranks of people undergo more real hardships in one day than those of a more exalted station suffer in their whole lives." »Goldsmith
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"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
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"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
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"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
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