Eloquence Quotes

• The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

  David Lloyd George

  Done, Finest, Things Done

  Speech at Paris Peace Conference, 18 Jan. 1919, in The Times 20 Jan. 1919

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• Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Writing, Language

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1977). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1852-1855”, p.78, Harvard University Press

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• As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Men, Grace, Mind

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• Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Speech, Stopping

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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.

  Heinrich Heine

  Wise, Stupid, Men

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• Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Witty, Powerful, Humorous

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1839). “Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments”, p.149

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

  Heinrich Heine

  Silence, Literature

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (Maxims and Moral Sentences, No. 262), 1922.

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• Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

  Blaise Pascal

  Painting

  "Pensées", XXIV. 88 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 219-220), 1922.

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• To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

  Ben Jonson

  Motivational, Wise, Communication

  Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3209, Delphi Classics

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• True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Sports, Psychology, Should

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• Eloquence shows the power and possibility of man.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Possibility, Shows

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2582, Delphi Classics

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• Eloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator.

  Alphonse de Lamartine

  Heart, Lips, Orators

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• Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspiration, Speech, Tact

  Francis Bacon, William Rawley (1871). “A harmony of the essays, etc. of Francis Bacon”, p.21

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• Pow'r above pow'rs!
  O heavenly eloquence!
  That with the strong rein of commanding words,
  Dost manage, guide, and master th' eminence
  Of men's affections, more than all their swords!

  Samuel Daniel

  Strong, Men, Affection

  Samuel Daniel, “Musophilus Containing A General Defence Of All Learning (Ex”

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• A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

  Heinrich Heine

  Wise, Men, Motivational Sales

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• Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

  Mark Twain

  Essentials, Speech, Information

  Mark Twain, John Sutton Tuckey (1980). “The Devil's Race-track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings : the Best from Which was the Dream? and Fables of Man”, p.174, Univ of California Press

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• Eloquence, when in its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection.

  David Hume

  Reflection, Littles, Rooms

  David Hume (1826). “The Philosophical Works: Including All the Essays, and Exhibiting the More Important Alterations and Corrections in the Successive Ed. Publ. by the Author”, p.137

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• Eloquence is the child of knowledge.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Children

  Benjamin Disraeli (1853). “The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition”, p.267

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• The manner of your speaking is full as important as the matter, as more people have ears to be tickled than understandings to judge.

  Lord Chesterfield

  People, Judging, Understanding

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• Continuous eloquence wearies.

  Blaise Pascal

  Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works”, p.122, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Silence, Needs, Said

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• It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in his life. Our temperaments differ in capacity of heat, or

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Doctrine, Heat

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.30, Harvard University Press

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• The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.

  Walter Murch

  Editing, Cinema, Rooms

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• To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

  Bertrand Russell

  Democracy, Citizens, Importance

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.660, Routledge

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• Every man is eloquent once in his life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Men, Public Speaking

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.30, Harvard University Press

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