Eloquent Quotes
Thomas Carlyle, A.H.R. Ball (2014). “Selections from Carlyle”, p.53, Cambridge University Press
Epictetus (2012). “The Handbook of Epictetus”, p.16, Simon and Schuster
Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.283
He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent silence.
Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.57, Macmillan
No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.
George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”
We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing.
David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.347, Random House
Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.57, Macmillan
Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent.
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange”, p.11
How frustrating it is to be out-argued by someone you know is dead wrong but is more eloquent.
Lawrence W. Fagg (2009). “Pauses: Reflections on Science, Spirituality, and the Fine Art of Living”, p.34, Andrews McMeel Publishing
David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.347, Random House