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Eloquent Quotes

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Thomas Carlyle, A.H.R. Ball (2014). “Selections from Carlyle”, p.53, Cambridge University Press

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

I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.

"No pain, no gain". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2004.

I have never heard a more eloquent silence.

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

Nothing is as eloquent as nothing.

David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.347, Random House