Eloquence Quotes

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
The finest eloquence is that which gets things done; the worst is that which delays them. View quote
David Lloyd George
Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. View quote
Blaise Pascal
The art of the parenthesis is one of the great secrets of eloquence in Society. View quote
Nicolas Chamfort
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. View quote
Martin Farquhar Tupper
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. View quote
Joseph Addison
To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy. View quote
Bertrand Russell
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'. View quote
Joan Miró
Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence. View quote
John Dryden
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. View quote
George Washington
There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. (Jean de La Bruyère)
Eloquence may set fire to reason. View quote
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. View quote
David Hume
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. View quote
Francis Bacon
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. View quote
Francis Bacon
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. View quote
Heinrich Heine
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. View quote
Heinrich Heine
Eloquence is the child of knowledge. View quote
Benjamin Disraeli
A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence. View quote
Otto von Bismarck
The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves. View quote
Jerome
Truth is the secret of eloquence and virtue, the basis of moral authority it is the highest summit of art and of life. (Henri-Frédéric Amiel)
America could carry on a two years' war by the confiscation of the property of disaffected persons, and be made happy by their expulsion. Say not that this is revenge, call it rather the soft resentment of a suffering people, who, having no object in view but the good of all, have staked their own all upon a seemingly doubtful event. Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the tear of compassion, but nothing can reach the heart that is steeled with prejudice. View quote
Thomas Paine
Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours' march to dinner - and then to thinking! ... I begin to feel, think, and be myself again. Instead of an awkward silence, broken by attempts at wit or dull common-places, mine is that undisturbed silence of the heart which alone is perfect eloquence. View quote
William Hazlitt
Wit is, in fact, the eloquence of indifference. View quote
William Hazlitt
Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning. View quote
Frederick William Faber