Eloquence Quotes
Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.
Phillis Wheatley (2001). “Complete Writings”, p.115, Penguin
Gertrude Stein (2012). “How to Write”, p.386, Courier Corporation
Paul Verlaine (1981). “Paul Verlaine, his absinthe-tinted song”, Ams Pr Inc
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (Maxims and Moral Sentences, No. 262), 1922.
Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works”, p.122, Cosimo, Inc.
Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1484, Delphi Classics
There is an art in silence, and there is an eloquence in it too.
Frank Bettger (2009). “How I Raised Myself From Failure”, p.98, Simon and Schuster
Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.
Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sir Walter Scott, Wilhelm Hauff (2011). “The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Ghost Anthology”, p.17, Bottletree Books LLC
"Pensées", XXIV. 88 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 219-220), 1922.
Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.
William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.219
Thomas Starr King (1864). “The White Hills: Their Legends, Landscape, and Poetry”, p.59
"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 458), 1895.