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Persuasion Quotes - Page 4

His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.

His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.

Jane Austen
Grace, Cold, Persuasion
Jane Austen (2013). “Making Sense of Persuasion! a Students Guide to Austen's (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.216, BookCaps Study Guides

If there is any thing disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it.

Jane Austen
Men, Persuasion, Ifs
Jane Austen (2016). “Persuasion”, p.47, Xist Publishing

A companion's words of persuasion are effective.

Homer
Persuasion, Companion

Clarity (always) trumps persuasion

Flint McGlaughlin
Clarity, Persuasion, Trump
"Guaranteeing Your Work Using Predictive Marketing with Stephen Woessner" by Drew McLellan, November 4, 2015.

Too much zeal offends where indirection works.

Euripides
Too Much, Persuasion, Zeal
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

I loved Thirteen and I loved Pretty Persuasion, and was always just so blown away by her [Rachel Evan Wood]. It was nice, and sadly, it is so rare.

Ellen Page
Nice, Woods, Persuasion
Source: collider.com

It is easy to convince a man who already thinks as you do.

Ellen Glasgow
Men, Thinking, Persuasion
Ellen Glasgow (2010). “The Battle Ground”, p.184, The Floating Press

Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade . . .

Edward Gibbon
Persuasion, Resources
'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' (1776-88) ch. 68

In families well ordered, there is always one firm, sweet temper, which controls without seeming to dictate. The Greeks represented Persuasion as crowned.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Sweet, Greek, Persuasion

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