"The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing."
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"Violence is not the only means of persuasion."
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"[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion."
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"Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason."
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"From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof."
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"Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world."
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"Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion."
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"Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant."
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"Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation."
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"Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it."
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"Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced the majority allow themselves to be persuaded."
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"At the end of reasons comes persuasion."
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"It is therefore worthwhile, to search out the bounds between opinion and knowledge; and examine by what measures, in things, whereof we have no certain knowledge, we ought to regulate our assent, and moderate our persuasions."
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"Because, Cat, it’s the feminine persuasion that’s always the deadliest."
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"Too much zeal offends where indirection works."
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"What happens when two people talk? That is really the basic question here, because, that's the basic context in which all persuasion takes place."
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"If there is any thing disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it."
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"His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything."
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"Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes."
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"A companion's words of persuasion are effective."
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