Definition of Eloquence

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Eloquence

Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.

Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.

That which is eloquently uttered or written.

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Eloquence Quotations

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
Edgar Allan Poe

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.
Blaise Pascal

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
Blaise Pascal

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
Ambrose Bierce

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
Francis Bacon

Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies.
Marshall McLuhan

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
Joseph Addison

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
Bertrand Russell

Eloquence Translations

eloquence in German is Beredsamkeit
eloquence in Italian is eloquenza
eloquence in Latin is eloquentia
eloquence in Spanish is elocuencia

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