Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"Continuous eloquence wearies."
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Eloquence
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Edgar Allan Poe
Poet, Writer
"Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted."
Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"In Silence there is eloquence."
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts."
Thomas Starr King
Minister
"Great eloquence we cannot get, except from human genius."
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"Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping."
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"True eloquence forgoes eloquence."
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"Eloquence is the poetry of prose."
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"Earnestness is the salt of eloquence."
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"Wisdom and eloquence are not always united."
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"Eloquence is the child of knowledge."
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"One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue."
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"True eloquence scorns eloquence."
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"There is no more sovereign eloquence than the truth in indignation."
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"There is no eloquence without a man behind it."
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"It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk."
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"Continued eloquence is wearisome."
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"Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy."
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"Eloquence must be grounded on the plainest narrative."
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"There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it."
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"And how moving is the eloquence of the untaught when it is the heart that is speaking!"
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"Eloquence; it requires the pleasant and the real; but the pleasant must itself be drawn from the true."
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"I grew intoxicated with my own eloquence."
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"True eloquence makes light of eloquence. True morality makes light of morality."
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"Continuous eloquence is tedious."
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