Quotes on Eloquence

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

Author: William Alger

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

Author: Frederick Faber

In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

Author: Robert Fitzgerald

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

Author: David George

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.

Author: Heinrich Heine

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Author: Heinrich Heine

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.

Author: David Hume

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

Author: Ben Jonson

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

Author: Blaise Pascal

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

Author: Joshua Reynolds

As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence.

Author: John Strachan

Stunning vistas don't always produce eloquence.

Author: William Tammeus

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Author: Martin Tupper

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

Author: Virgil