52 Quotes About Eloquence

Eloquence.— We need both what is pleasing and what is real, but that which pleases must itself be drawn from the true.

Speaking can persuade an individual, eloquence can persuade a crowd.

To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.

Nam eloquentiam quae admirationem non habet nullam iudico

If you think before you speak you will speak well, if you think twice you will speak very well.

Eloquence in public assemblies is not the surest road to fame and preferment, at least unless it be used with great caution, very rarely, and with great reserve.

His speeches left the impression of an army of pompous phrases moving over the landscape in search of an idea; sometimes these meandering words would actually capture a straggling thought and bear it triumphantly as a prisoner in their midst, until it died of servitude and overwork.

Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?

I may be deprived of eloquence, but my mind can never be a dumb.