"It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk."

Rhetoric, Eloquence, Poor, Talk

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"It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk."

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"I got my degree in rhetoric."

Alex Borstein, American Actress

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"Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding."

David Hume, Scottish Philosopher

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"It is absurd to hold that a man should be ashamed of an inability to defend himself with his limbs, but not ashamed of an inability to defend himself with speech and reason; for the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains."

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

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"It is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences-makes them, as the poets tell us, 'charm the crowd's ears more finely.' Educated men lay down broad general principles; uneducated men argue from common knowledge and draw obvious conclusions."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"The matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

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"Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful."

Earl Butz, American Civil Servant

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"Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly."

John Fund, American Journalist

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"Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work."

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"The real character of a man is found out by his amusements."

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"All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master."

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"Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing."

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"Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius."

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"The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it."

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"A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great."

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"The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it."

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"Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers."

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"If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency."

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