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eloquence
«Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.»
Author: George Washington
(President)
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Action,
Government,
Politics
| Keywords:
eloquence, fearful, irresponsible, master, servant, troublesome
«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.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
appears, color, eloquence, includes, orally, persuading, The Gift, white
«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.»
Author: David Hume
(Economist, Essayist, Historian, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
addresses, affections, captivated, captivates, captivating, eloquence, hearer, hearers, high-pitched, pitch, subduing
«If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
(Lawyer, Orator, Scholar, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
eloquence, evident, self evident, unnecessary