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Eloquence Quotes

"One should use common words to say uncommon things"

"To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery"

"True eloquence makes light of eloquence"

"True wit is nature to advantage dressed, what oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed"

"A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men), that wise men only should be able to commend him."

"Action is eloquence."

"Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well-spoken words: this is good luck."