12 Quotes Tagged: eloquence

Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma. They end up taking up a hospital bed. It costs when, if you, they just gave, you gave, treatment early, and they got some treatment, and uhhh a breathalyzer, or uhh, an inhalator, not a breathalyzer...

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

You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil.

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.

I can never bring you to realise the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.

Your goodness must have some edge to it — else it is none.

Eloquence. There must be elements both pleasing and real, but what is pleasing must itself be drawn from what is true.

basic rule of negotiation is to know what you want, what you need to walk away with in order to be whole.

Eloquence is painted thought, and thus those who, after having painted it, add somewhat more, make a picture, not a portrait.