You can spend all day trying to think of some universal truth to set down on paper, and some poets try that. Shakespeare knew that it's much easier to string together some words beginning with the same letter.
It was an argument of rare power and eloquence.
Genius, as we tend to talk about it today, is some sort of mysterious and combustible substance that burns brightly and burns out. It's the strange gift of poets and pop stars that allows them to produce one wonderful work in their early twenties and...
Shakespeare was not a genius. He was, without the distant shadow of doubt, the most wonderful writer who ever breathed. But not a genius. No angels handed him his lines, no fairies proofread for him. Instead, he learnt techniques, he learnt tricks, a...
Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?” Lincoln res...
Comedy has lost its eloquence.
Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.
The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.
Silence is more eloquent than words.
The eloquence of the pen is just as sharp as the point of a sword.
I'm not a pitiable creature. It's just that I suffer very eloquently.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.
Bill Clinton was relentless, eloquent and truly charming.
My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.
Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.
Tengo's lectures took on uncommon warmth, and the students found themselves swept up in his eloquence. He taught them how to practically and effectively solve mathematical problems while simultaneously presenting a spectacular display of the romance ...
Poetry can be more eloquent than the most eloquent sermons, and it becomes a weapon more formidable than the sharpest of swords; whenever such a poem--which finds its correct tune and conveys the excitement of the heart--rings out, all the miserable,...
