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Aphorisms about the art of oratory The word is man’s most powerful weapon (Aristotle) Every thought expressed in words is a force whose action is limitless (L.N. Tolstoy) All great events begin with communication (Skilef) A clear thought through clear speech inevitably translates into clear form (Skylef) Eloquence is more valuable than money, fame and power, for the latter are very often achieved through eloquence (Skylef) Take from me everything I have, but leave me my speech, and soon I will have everything I had (Daniel Webster) Grace language is akin to the grace of the body (Honoré de Balzac)

Eloquence is probably the rarest, as well as the most graceful of all talents (Luc de Vauvenargues) Speak so that I can see you (Socrates) Whether you are smart or stupid, whether you are big or small, we don’t know until you say a word (Saadi ) The syllable is the outer clothing; thought is a body hiding under clothes (F. M. Dostoevsky) If speech is the clothing of thought, then eloquence is its elegant outfit (Skilef) Slang is a language that has taken off its jacket, spat on its hands and got to work (Carl Sandburg) Eloquence should be preferred to knowledge (Luc de Vauvenargues) Language is given to man to express his thoughts (Jean Baptiste Moliere) Language is given to man to hide his thoughts (Maurice Talleyrand) The speeches of people sometimes hide their thoughts, sometimes they reveal them (Dionysius Cato) Since then, as it came from the custom of carrying a sword at one’s side, it is absolutely necessary to have a sharp tongue (Heinrich Heine) Success is the product of interesting thoughts on the ability to convey them (Skylef) A beautiful thought loses its value if it is poorly expressed (Voltaire) A great mind will not show its strength not only in the ability to think, but also in the ability to speak (Ralph Emerson) Even children can speak, but many adults cannot speak properly (Skilef) To speak without thinking is like shooting without aiming (Miguel de Cervantes, and also Thomas Fuller) Speech is an amazingly powerful tool, but you need to have a lot of intelligence to use it (Hegel) The most important thing in communication is to hear what has not been said (Drucker) He who shoots a lot is not yet a shooter; he who talks a lot is not yet an orator (Confucius) The greatest luxury in the world is the luxury of human communication (Antoine de Saint Exupéry) He who speaks sows, he who listens reaps (Russian proverb) Eloquence begins with the ability to listen (Skilef) Listening is politeness, which an intelligent person renders to a fool, but to which the latter never responds in kind (Adrian Decourcel) The ability to hear another person is not just politeness - it is intelligence (A. M. Kollontai) Whoever gives an answer without listening is stupid, and shame on him (Book of Proverbs of Solomon, Chapter 18:13) Whoever expects to improve his speech by silence acts as stupidly as a person who thinks to ensure his health by staying in laziness (Plutarch paraphrased) You can learn to speak only by speaking (Skilef) The audience is the best teacher of eloquence (Skilef) In the sound of the voice, in the eyes and in the whole appearance of the speaker there is no less eloquence than in words (Francois de La Rochefoucauld) Content, however less, is the main component of speech, to which all others must obey (Skilef) Eloquence, like pearls, shines with content (L.N. Tolstoy) Truly eloquent is the one who expresses ordinary objects simply, great ones - sublimely, and average ones - with moderation (Cicero ) Be eloquent, but not idle talk, because idle talk is the same as madness (Qaboos) There are three mistakes in people’s communication: the first is the desire to speak before you need to; the second is shyness, not speaking when necessary; the third is to speak without observing your listener (Confucius) There are three categories of speakers: some you can listen to, others you cannot listen to, others you cannot help but listen to (Archbishop Magee) If a person never controls his feelings, then he must always control his expressions (Pierre Boist ) Stop talking immediately when you notice that you are getting irritated yourself or the person you are talking to (L.N. Tolstoy) Speak only when you are calm (Chinese proverb) Eloquence is the painting of thought (Blaise Pascal) The development of speech leads to development thinking (Skilef) If you think twice before you speak once, you will say twice as good (Thomas Paine) Incorrect use of words leads to errors in the field of thought and then in practical life (D. I. Pisarev) I instruct gentlemen senators to keep your speech not according to what is written, but in your own words, so that everyone’s stupidity is visible (Peter I) Do not always say what you know, but always know what you are saying (Claudius) Today you must say only what is appropriate today. Put everything else aside and say it at the appropriate time (Horace) You should never say: “You didn’t understand me.” It’s better to say: “I expressed my thoughts poorly” (Robert) From one word there is a quarrel forever (Russian proverb) Arrows strike the body, bitter words - the soul (Baltasar Gracian) The word is the commander of human power (V.V. Mayakovsky) There is nothing more powerful words. The rows of strong arguments and lofty thoughts cannot be broken through. The word strikes the fierce and destroys fortresses. This is an invisible weapon. Without it, the world would belong to brute force (Anatole France) Brevity is the soul of wit (William Shakespeare) And the most brilliant speech becomes boring if it is drawn out (Blaise Pascal) The speaker must exhaust the topic, not the patience of the audience (Winston Churchill) The speech must have a good beginning and a spectacular ending. But the main thing is that these two parts are closer to each other (Anthony Eden) Talking a lot and saying a lot are not the same thing (Sophocles) Follow the rule persistently: so that words are cramped, thoughts are spacious (N. A. Nekrasov) Real eloquence - this is the ability to say everything that is needed, but no more (Francois de La Rochefoucauld) The greatest achievement of an orator is not only to say what is needed, but also not to say what is not necessary (Cicero) Speaking incidentally is better than speaking eloquently (Baltasar Gracian) The best speaker is the one who, with his words, teaches his listeners, and gives pleasure, and makes a strong impression on them (Cicero) Speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood (Quintilian) Every speech should be composed like a living being - it must have a body with a head and legs, and the torso and limbs must fit together and correspond to the whole (Plato) A person who seems to express his thoughts very clearly is not always intelligible to others, because he goes from thoughts to words , and the listener - from words to thoughts (Nicola Chamfort) Speak not as it is convenient for you to speak, but as it is convenient for the listener to perceive (Skilef) The main advantage of language is clarity (Stendhal) Speaking simply and clearly is as difficult as being sincere and kind (Somerset Maugham) The first sign of intelligence is vernacular (A. S. Pushkin) A good speaker is one who knows how to speak simply about complex things (Skilef) Simplicity of presentation is neatness of thought (Skilef) Simplicity is not easy (Skilef) The main thing in oratory is not to let the art be noticed (Quintilian) The true one a sage who knows how to say a lot briefly and clearly (Aristophanes) Wit is the salt of conversation, but not food (William Gaslitt) Many people know how to argue, few people know how to just talk (Amos Alcott) Poets are born, they become orators (Cicero) All good speakers started out as bad speakers (Ralph Emerson) A sharp tongue is the only cutting weapon, which becomes even sharper from constant use (Washington Irving) The purpose of eloquence is not truth, but persuasion. (Thomas Macaulay) Logic is, apparently, the ability to prove some truth, and eloquence is a gift that allows us to master the mind and heart of our interlocutor, the ability to explain or inspire him with whatever we want (Jean La Bruyère) Those who assure, who has many thoughts in his head, but cannot express them due to lack of eloquence - have not learned to understand themselves (Michel Montaigne) Several examples, given in a few words and in their place, give thoughts more brilliance, more weight and authority; but too many examples and too many details always weaken the speech (Luc de Vauvenargues) Be brief; the surest way to make one listen to oneself is to say a lot in a few words (Pierre Boist) If a person never controls his feelings, then he must always control his expressions (Pierre Boist) Words are truly the most powerful drug used by mankind (Rudyard Kipling) Sword and fire less destructive than language (Richard Steele) Of all the destructive weapons that man can invent, the most terrible and most powerful is the word (Paulo Coelho)

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Quotes about public speaking

Each nation has its own oratorical traditions. From the very day when the very first speaker tried to convince his very first listener that he was right, to convince not with brute force or coercion, but with words, common sense and logic, and succeeded in this - from that very day oratory and rhetorical skills began. art.

We, as people of European culture, have been counting the science of eloquence since the times of the ancient Greeks, but we should not forget about other traditions and peoples. Magnificent examples of eloquence and rhetoric are imprinted in the literary and scientific works of Ancient India, Mesopotamia, Ancient China and Egypt. We can be introduced to the best oratorical traditions by the examples of the Roman Republic, and later the Roman Empire, the fantastically rich Arabic verbal culture, the Novgorod veche, and English parliamentarism.

Each culture that strived and strives for self-expression gave birth to its speakers, who, based on the moment, became at different times writers, poets, politicians, emperors, revolutionaries, philosophers, military men or entrepreneurs. Their names instantly create an echo in our heart, despite the fact that we are separated in time by hundreds or thousands of years. Their word, once spoken, written or carved in stone or metal, still resonates today.

Cicero, Demosthenes, Buddha, Caesar, Homer, Confucius - this list of great speakers, whose words and deeds influenced entire nations and states, can go on and on, but instead we would rather give the floor to these speakers themselves and honor those wise aphorisms about eloquence, oratory and rhetoric that they left us.

Speech is given to many, but wisdom is given to few.
Cato the Elder True eloquence is the ability to say everything that is needed and no more than is needed. F. La Rochefoucauld

By reading authors who write well, you get used to speaking well. Voltaire

Heart and rich imagination are the sources of eloquence. Elisa Guenard

Speaking well is simply thinking out loud well. Renan J.

The source of eloquence is in the heart. John Stuart Mill

Eloquence is the art of expressing the thoughts of others. Edouard Herriot

Eloquence is highly valued in democracies, restraint and prudence in monarchies. Edmund Burke

A chatty person is a printed letter that everyone can read. Pierre Buast

There is no less eloquence in the sound of the voice, in the eyes and in the whole appearance of the speaker than in the choice of words. Francois VI de La Rochefoucauld

The level of the sermon has little to do with the height of the pulpit. Wieslaw Brudzinski

Eloquence is the art of conquering minds. Plato

He who is eloquent by nature sometimes speaks great truths with such clarity and brevity that most people do not think that there is deep thoroughness in them. Luc de Clapier Vauvenargues

One word, one gesture - that’s all the eloquence of the commander. Alphonse de Lamartine

There are men who are more eloquent than women, but not a single man has the eloquence of a woman's eyes. Carl Julius Weber

Speech should flow and develop from knowledge of the subject. If the speaker has not studied it, then all eloquence is a vain, childish effort. Marcus Tullius Cicero

True eloquence is the ability to say everything that is needed and no more than is needed. Francois VI de La Rochefoucauld

The gift of eloquence is a necessary condition for being a pleasant conversationalist; but no less important is the ability to listen well. author unknown

Eloquence is the art of saying well only what should be said. author unknown

Eloquence, by diverting attention to itself, damages the very essence of things. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Eloquence is the art of controlling minds. Trolon R.

Eloquence is the art of flattering with dignity. Charles Remusat

Poetic creativity is a play of feeling, guided by reason; eloquence is the work of reason, enlivened by feeling. Immanuel Kant

Speaking by the way is better than speaking eloquently. Baltasar Gracian

The source of eloquence is in the heart. John Stuart Mill

Eloquence is the art of conquering minds. Plato

The greatest virtue of a speaker is not only to say what is necessary, but also not to say what is not necessary. Cicero

Oratory is unthinkable if the speaker has not mastered the subject he wants to talk about. Cicero

Caution in words is higher than eloquence. Bacon F.

The gift of speech, as we know, is not often combined with the power of thinking. Maugham S.

People are usually afraid of retreating in speech, but I think that those who skillfully make retreats are like long-armed people - they can capture more. Montesquieu S.

Figures of speech are a kind of clothing in which thoughts are dressed. Engels F.

Everyone can speak confusedly, but few can speak clearly. Galileo G.

What speakers lack in depth, they make up for in length. Montesquieu S.

Short speeches are always more meaningful and can create a strong impression. Gorky M.

There should be as much eloquence in the speech, in the eyes and facial expression of the speaker as in the choice of his words. F. La Rochefoucauld

Speaking by the way is better than speaking eloquently. B. Gracian

Cats don't consider anyone who can't meow to be eloquent. Maria Ebner-Eschenbach

In the art of fitting the maximum number of words into the tiniest thought, he had no equal. Abraham Lincoln about a lawyer

When a smart person begins a sentence, we have no idea how he will finish it. When a fool starts a sentence, we know the end for sure. Alexander Sventohovsky

Their thoughts do not lead their words, but have difficulty catching up with them. Vasily Klyuchevsky

If you state the matter so clearly that everyone can understand you, someone will definitely not understand. Will Rogers

There was such poverty in the country that the inhabitants spoke in fragments of sentences. Mieczyslaw Shargan

There are people who talk and talk and talk... until they finally find something to say. Guitry

Men are more eloquent than women, but women have greater powers of persuasion. Thomas Randolph

In our world, when a person has something to say, the difficulty is not to make him say it, but to prevent him from repeating it too often... D.B. Show

The desire to speak is almost always stronger than the desire to learn something. DI. Pisarev

In life as well as in speech, nothing is more difficult than seeing what is appropriate. M.T.Cicero

When the essence of the matter is thought out in advance, the words come by themselves. Horace

People say what they think without thinking. A. Kozlov

Don't always say what you know, but always know what you say. Claudius

Don't say anything bad about someone unless you know for sure, and if you do, then ask yourself: why am I saying this? J. Sand

How many absurdities are said by people only out of a desire to say something new. Voltaire

What is poorly understood is often tried to be explained using words that are not understood at all. Flaubert

A smart person doesn’t say half of what he knows, a stupid person doesn’t know half of what he says. A. Absheron

A person who talks to himself, but with meaning, is no more insane than a person who talks to others, but talks nonsense. T. Stopard

I believe that anyone who has a vivid and clear idea of something in their head will be able to convey it in any language, even in gibberish. M. Montaigne

The tongue of a wise man is in his heart, the heart of a fool is in his tongue. N.V. Shelkunov

The power of speech lies in the ability to express a lot in a few words. Plutarch

In the art of speech it is difficult not to say much, but to say little. Winkelman I.

Just as great minds have the gift of saying a lot in a few words, so small minds, on the contrary, have the gift of saying a lot and saying nothing. La Rochefoucauld F.

When you speak well, never say too much. Regnard J.

You can never be too verbose if you say exactly what you want to say. Delacroix F.

Good things are twice as good when they are short. Gracian y Morales

Truthfulness of speech is good and smooth, But how beautiful is the brevity of truthful words. Navoi A.

Eloquence, like pearls, sparkles with content. True wisdom is terse. Tolstoy L. N.

Where there are few words, they have weight. Shakespeare W.

Condensation gives strength to language. There are expressions that have the property of the rays of the sun: the more condensed they are, the stronger they burn. Southey R.

A short, expressive phrase, once understood, will be imprinted in the memory and become a slogan, which never happens with verbose reasoning. Engels F.

Commonplaces are invalids of truth. Decourcel A.

Searching too hard for words often spoils the entire speech. The best words are those that are themselves; they seem to be prompted by the truth itself. Quintilian M.

Do not put out the torch, although its flame fluctuates until the lantern shows you the way; do not erase old expressions from speeches until you have managed to create new words. Ibsen G.

We should strive not to ensure that everyone understands us, but to ensure that it is impossible not to understand us. Virgil Beware of refined language. The language should be simple and elegant. Chekhov A.P.

Academic speeches are like crystal chandeliers that sparkle but do not warm. Buast P.

An overly brilliant style makes both characters and thoughts invisible. Aristotle

There is no thought that cannot be expressed simply and clearly. Herzen A.

Clarity is the main virtue of speech. Aristotle

The best thing is the word spoken directly and simply. Shakespeare W.

The simpler the word, the more precise it is; the more correctly it is delivered, the more power and persuasiveness it gives to the phrase. Gorky M.

Everything truly wise is simple and clear. Gorky M.

The main advantage of language is clarity. Stendhal

True eloquence lies in essence, but not in words. Sainte-Beuve Ch.

Eloquence produces a powerful, but momentary effect. People who are easily excited also calm down easily. Cold and powerful persuasion does not produce such a lift; but if it has gripped a person, it penetrates him, and its effect is indelible. Rousseau J.-J.

Good thoughts are preferred to brilliant writing. The syllable is, so to speak, the outer garment; thought is the body hiding under clothes. Dostoevsky F. M.

A word is an expression of thought, and therefore the word must correspond to what it expresses. Tolstoy L. N.

The word reflects the thought: if the thought is incomprehensible, the word is also incomprehensible. Belinsky V. G.

Clarity of thought and clarity of expression usually occur together. Macaulay T.

It is not always important what he says, but what he says is always important. Gorky M

A word is good when it correctly expresses a thought; and it truly expresses a thought when it grows out of it, like skin from an organism, and is not put on like a glove sewn from someone else’s skin. Ushinsky K. D.

It is better to speak thoughtfully than quickly. Thomas More

Speaking without thinking is like shooting without aiming. Cervantes

If you think twice before you speak once, you will say it twice as well. Peng T.

He who thinks a lot speaks little, trying to squeeze as many thoughts as possible into few words. Irving W.

Follow the rule stubbornly: keep your words cramped and your thoughts spacious. Nekrasov N. A.

The pen is the best teacher; a written speech is better only than a well-thought-out one. Cicero

When there is nothing to say, they always say bad things. Voltaire

When the essence of the matter is thought out in advance, the words come by themselves. Horace

Words descend on thoughts breathing with power like pearls. Lermontov M. Yu.

The more beautiful the thought, the more sonorous the phrase. Flaubert G. Eloquence is the painting of thought. Pascal B.

Speak with conviction, the words and influence on your listeners will come naturally. Goethe I.

It's not the word, but the tone in which the word is pronounced. Belinsky V. G.

Eloquence in actions is incomparably better than eloquence in words. Smiles S.

When the eyes say one thing and the tongue says another, an experienced person believes the former more. Emerson R.

You can speak with the most slurred language from the Gribuna, but if you are worried, if the questions you raised matter, if you decide the issue on the podium, the masses will be carried away along with you. Kalinin M. I.

The passions are the only speakers whose arguments are always convincing; their art is born, as it were, from nature itself and is based on immutable laws. That's why; a simple-minded person, but carried away by passion, can convince more quickly than an eloquent, but indifferent person. La Rochefoucauld F.

The word coming from the heart penetrates the heart. Nizami

Fortitude and passion make people eloquent. Quintilian M.

To be clear, a speaker must be frank. Klyuchevsky V. O.

Frank speech, like wine and love, evokes the same frankness. Montaigne M.

The speaker's character is more persuasive than his speech. Publilius Syrus

The true mirror of our way of thinking is our life. Montaigne M.

Many who commit the most shameful acts speak beautiful speeches. Democritus

Unscrupulous speakers try to make the bad seem good. Plato

A person who strictly observes himself does not enter into hypocritical relationships, does not speak at all about things about which, due to some unfavorable circumstances, he cannot express his thoughts, and if he does begin to speak, he speaks a direct and honest word. Dobrolyubov N. A.

Man is superior to animals in the ability of speech, but he is inferior to him if he makes improper use of it. Saadi

You cannot preach to people what you deny yourself. Gorky M.

Before you say anything to others, say it to yourself. Seneca

Aphorisms about eloquence

Eloquence is the art of creating pleasant sounds that make listeners assent out of sympathy for the speaker, instead of asking directly what he means. Samuel Tucker

Rhetoric does not mean “saying something other than what you mean”; it means saying what you think, but in the language of those who listen to you. Sergey Averintsev

The wiser a person is, the simpler the language with which he expresses his thoughts. Lucy Mallory

There is only one passion that is always expressed in an absurd and unconvincing way—the passion for intellectualism. Luc de Vauvenargues

He learned to express himself - but since then they no longer believe him. They only believe those who babble. Friedrich Nietzsche

Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, dissuading by its mere presence. Alexander Kruglov

An overly brilliant style makes both characters and thoughts invisible. Aristotle

The goal of oratory is not truth, but persuasion. Thomas Macaulay

Speech is an amazingly powerful tool, but it takes a lot of intelligence to use it. Georg Hegel

Our words have wings, but they often fly not where we want them to go. George Eliot

It is not enough to speak intelligently, we must speak humanly. Jerzy Lec

To learn to speak, you must first stop talking. Georgy Ratner

We need to say today only what is appropriate today. Put everything else aside and say it at the appropriate time. Horace

Speaking by the way is better than speaking eloquently. Baltasar Gracian

It is in vain that a speaker hopes to have the gift of persuading people if he has not acquired the gift of knowing them. Henri d'Aguesso

The function of language is not to inform, but to evoke ideas. Jacques Lacan

The language of the mind will be heard if it passes through the heart. Jean Jacques Rousseau

Conviction is the most powerful lever of eloquence. Honore de Balzac

The whole art of public speaking is to be passionate. Honore Mirabeau

The speaker will achieve little by convincing and proving. He must prove and excite. Anatoly Koni

The living word is born to life only where feeling and reason are united. Lion Feuchtwanger

Poetic creativity is a play of feeling guided by reason; eloquence is a matter of reason animated by feeling. Immanuel Kant

Eloquence, like the fair sex, has such significant charms that it does not tolerate attacks on itself. And it would be useless to criticize the art of deception when people like this kind of deception. John Locke

Eloquence, like pearls, sparkles with content. True wisdom is terse. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Eloquence is highly valued in democracies, restraint and prudence in monarchies. Edmund Burke

True eloquence does not need the science of eloquence, just as true morality does not need the science of morality. B. Pascal

True eloquence laughs at floridity; true morality laughs at moralizing. B. Pascal

Eloquence should be pleasant and meaningful, but it is necessary that this pleasant, in turn, be borrowed from the true. B. Pascal

Eloquence is the painting of thought. B. Pascal

Eloquence is the art of speaking in such a way that those to whom we are addressing listen not only without difficulty, but also with pleasure, so that, captured by the topic and incited by pride, they want to delve deeper into it. B. Pascal

True eloquence is the ability to say everything that is needed and no more than is needed. F. La Rochefoucauld

Eloquence is the art of flattering with dignity. S. Remusat

Eloquence is an advertisement for wretched thoughts. V. Zubkov

Eloquence is the art of expressing the thoughts of others. E. Herriot

Eloquence is a counterfeit of both thought and poetry. V. Klyuchevsky

True eloquence is the ability to say everything that is needed and no more than is needed. F. La Rochefoucauld

There is no less eloquence in the sound of the voice, in the eyes and in the whole appearance of the speaker than in the choice of words. F. La Rochefoucauld

The real reason that no one achieves real eloquence is that the art of thinking is different from the art of speaking, and in some we see knowledge of things, in others we see knowledge of words. Cicero

The main purpose of eloquence is to prevent others from speaking. L. Vermeil

Eloquence is the poetry of prose. W. Brian

The great secret of eloquence is to remain serious. E. Bulwer-Lytton

He is eloquent who, even involuntarily, infects the mind and heart of his neighbor with his faith or passion. L. Vauvenargues

The silence of a man known for his eloquence is much more powerful than the chatter of an ordinary talker. I. Chamfort

An eloquent sophist, but sinning against logic, compared to a rhetorician-philosopher is the same as a clever magician compared to a pragmatist, what Pinetti is compared to Archimedes. N. Chamfort

There are two kinds of eloquence: one comes from the depths of the soul, like a source, the abundant waters of which rush forward, push their opponents, crush them with their mass, push them back, throw them away, absorb them; the other surrounds them with its threads, lures them into loops, bewitches them with its gaze, entwines them, captures them, kills them with a thousand wounds. L. Kormenen

If the speaker has not penetrated into things and has not recognized them, his speech is meaningless and resembles childish chatter. Cicero

He is truly eloquent who expresses ordinary things simply, great things sublimely, and average things with moderation. Cicero

Eloquence is not everything: the truth is so clear that nothing can obscure it. Cicero

The ultimate goal of eloquence is to persuade people. F. Chesterfield

Eloquence is the art of expressing the thoughts of others. Edouard Herriot

Eloquence is the art of flattering with dignity. Charles Remusat

The main purpose of eloquence is to prevent others from speaking. Louis Vermeil

Cats don't consider anyone who can't meow to be eloquent. Maria Ebner Eschenbach

The level of the sermon has little to do with the height of the pulpit. Wieslaw Brudzinski

In the art of fitting the maximum number of words into the tiniest thought, he had no equal. Abraham Lincoln about a lawyer

He can always express any phrase in two paragraphs. Performance appraisal of a certain American officer

When a smart person begins a sentence, we have no idea how he will finish it. When a fool starts a sentence, we know the end for sure. Alexander Sventohovsky

Their thoughts do not lead their words, but have difficulty catching up with them. Vasily Klyuchevsky

If you state the matter so clearly that everyone can understand you, someone will definitely not understand. Will Rogers

There was such poverty in the country that the inhabitants spoke in fragments of sentences. Mieczyslaw Shargan

There are people who talk and talk and talk... until they finally find something to say. Sasha Guitry

Men are more eloquent than women, but women have greater powers of persuasion. Thomas Randolph

With age, women's eloquence moves from their feet to their tongue. Leszek Kumor

Wise sayings, aphorisms and quotes - DICTORS.com

40. Source of Eloquence | - in heart

Mill

41. True eloquence lies in the essence

, | but not in words at all.

Sainte-Beuve

42. One word spoken straight from the heart

, | affects our mind more powerfully than any weighty evidence | and more convincing than any reasoning, | and especially if it was said precisely then, | when needed...

Amiel

43. You can't be an eloquent speaker | without a passionate desire for good

|
and freedom
.

Renan

44. Oratorical or literary success | has no other source, | except complete sincerity.

Renan

45. Talk well | - it just means to think

aloud.

Renan

46. Life-giving word of man

|
produces such an effect on us, | which neither a book nor reflections
; | it shakes the soul more | implants impressions deeper into her.

Pellico

47. The Written Word… | still more abstract and limited, | less free than oral

, | to which all its weight | can impart a directly present personality.

Feuerbach

48. Written Word | is a poor man who makes his way in the world through his own efforts, | while oral, live

word reaches top positions | thanks to the recommendations of Her Grace Princess Fantasy | and her valets - eyes and ears.

Feuerbach

49. The best praise for a speaker | it will be if everyone who hears his speech says to himself: | “But I thought so myself, | he just expressed what I felt

».

Viollet le Duc

50. Nature makes a person eloquent, | when he has a lot of interest

|
or great passion
.

Voltaire

51. The main reason for long speeches | - lack of correctness

in the case being defended.

Gilti

52. Great Rule: | if your little is nothing original, | express it

its at least original.

Lichtenberg

53. He who thinks clearly, | explains it clearly

…

Schopenhauer

54. If you know for sure, | What

do you mean | then say okay.

Flaubert

55. Perhaps in oral speech | you can invest more

more subtle meaning, | than in writing.

Labruyère

56. In the tone of voice, in the eyes and in the facial expression of the speaker | there is no less eloquence, | than in the words themselves.

Labruyère

57. Voice Modulation | - the most beautiful of all the charms of eloquence. This is the music of speech.

Harris

58. And good speakers, | when they want to convince their listeners of something, | always accompanied by hands

your words, | although some fools do not care for such decoration | and appear on their podium | wooden statues...

Leonardo da Vinci

59. When speech consists of heated movements, lively exclamations and various changes in voice, | then the imagination has more work | and passions are touched more strongly.

Blair

60. You can say one thing with your tongue, | and face and gestures | express the exact opposite.

Nievo

61. Gestures and manners | must appear as an involuntary consequence of cardiac movements

, | and not vice versa…

Weiss
Aphorisms, statements of Russian thinkers, writers
62. The benefit of oral transmission is that | that the listener feels the soul

speaker.

L. Tolstoy

63. Oral

word | is always more fruitful than written: | it lives the listener and the speaker.

A. Koni

64. In order for the speech to make the proper impression, | it should be imbued with warmth

…

Abramov

65. It’s not always important what they say, | but it is always important how

They say.

M. Gorky

66. We must speak in simple

, | so that we can be understood immediately.

D. Poor

67. To seriously engage the audience, | “infect” her with your thoughts and emotions, | need to turn the author's text | in your own words

V. Aksenov

Quotes about speech

Prepared by: Dmitry Sirotkin

I present to you a selection of quotes about speech .

Speech has long served both to express and to hide the thoughts and intentions of people.

Quotes are grouped by topic: the power of words, Russian speech, truth and speech, silence and speech, brevity, love and words, thought and word, word and deed, good advice, man and speech, speech is, speech with the ears of the listener, which should be speech, the complexities of speech, feelings and speech, women and speech, the art of communication, soul and word, immortality in the word, stupidity and words, etc.

The power of a word

Words have power and can both destroy and heal. Correct and kind words can change our world. (Buddha)

When a word doesn't kill, a stick won't help. (Socrates)

The power of speech lies in the ability to express a lot in a few words. (Plutarch)

There is nothing in the world stronger... and more powerless than words. (I. Turgenev)

Sometimes just one kind word is enough to feel inspired. And it is very important that this word be spoken during a person’s lifetime. (E. Leonov)

Everything that my soul owns - and its wealth, go and destroy it! - the splendor that will adorn my step into eternity, and my very immortality, which, thundering through all centuries, will gather the world's ceremonies - all this - do you want? - now I’ll give it for just one kind word, a human one. (V. Mayakovsky)

I know the power of words, I know the alarm of words. They are not the ones that the lodges applaud. From such words, the graves break to walk with their four oak legs. (V. Mayakovsky)

It is easier to win people's sympathy with the spoken word than with the printed word. Every great movement on earth owes its growth to great orators, not to great writers. (A. Hitler)

Russian speech

Like rosy lips without a smile, without a grammatical error, I don’t like Russian speech. (A. Pushkin)

Nothing is so ordinary for us, nothing seems so simple as our speech, but in our very being there is nothing as surprising, as wonderful as our speech. (A. Radishchev)

Our beautiful language, under the pen of uneducated and inexperienced writers, is quickly declining. Words are distorted. Grammar fluctuates. Spelling, this heraldry of the language, changes at the will of one and all. (A. Pushkin)

The living folk language, which has preserved in the freshness of life the spirit that gives the language harmony, strength, clarity, integrity and beauty, should serve as a source and treasury for the development of educated Russian speech. (V. Dahl)

There is no word that would be so sweeping, lively, would burst out from under the very heart, would seethe and vibrate so much as a well-spoken Russian word. (N. Gogol)

You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift; everything is grainy, large, like the pearl itself, and truly, another name is more precious than the thing itself. (N. Gogol)

Take care of the purity of your language like a shrine! Never use foreign words. The Russian language is so rich and flexible that we have nothing to take from those who are poorer than us. (I. Turgenev)

There are a great many good words for everything in the Russian language. (K. Paustovsky)

Many Russian words themselves radiate poetry, just as precious stones radiate a mysterious shine. (K. Paustovsky)

The Russian language is quite rich, but it has its own shortcomings, and one of them is hissing sound combinations: -vshi, -vsha, -vshu, -shcha, -shchi. (M. Gorky)

It’s not scary to lie under dead bullets, It’s not bitter to be homeless, - And we will save you, Russian speech, the Great Russian word. (A. Akhmatova)

I have no questions about the Russian language. (V. Chernomyrdin)

Irreconcilable fighters against swearing are fighters against the Russian language as a structure. (S. Shnurov)

Truth and speech

How can the heart express itself? How can someone else understand you? Will he understand what you live for? A spoken thought is a lie. (F. Tyutchev)

“A thought expressed is a lie...” And how many ordinary lies! Human conversation is always three-quarters a lie, both involuntary and voluntary, with great diligence, screwed in here and there. And all boasting, boasting. (I. Bunin)

The more I try to be honest, the deeper the necessary words sink into darkness. (H. Murakami)

The real truth always lies on the other side of words, in an incomprehensible region, somewhere in the middle between what is said and what is hidden. (M. Fry)

Unscrupulous speakers try to make the bad seem good. (Plato)

False words are not only insidious in themselves, but also infect the soul with evil. (Socrates)

True words are not graceful. Fine words are not trustworthy. Kind is not eloquent. An eloquent person cannot be kind. He who knows does not prove, he who proves does not know. (Lao Tzu)

You can't open your mouth and not make a mistake. So don't pick on words. (V. Pelevin)

I don't believe anything you told me. But I know that every word you say is true. (P. Coelho)

Hula is a very convenient thing: you attack with one word, but you need whole pages to defend. (J.-J. Rousseau)

Political language is needed to make lies sound truthful, to make murder look respectable, and to make the air breathable. (D. Orwell)

By the way, quotes about truth and quotes about lies

Silence and speech

Not a single spoken word has brought as much benefit as many unspoken ones. (Plato)

He who does not know how to be silent is not able to speak. (L. Seneca)

People learn how to speak, but the main science is how and when to remain silent. (L. Tolstoy)

Silence is the authentic form of the word. Only those who are able to say something are silent. (J.-P. Sartre)

Speak only about what is clear to you, otherwise remain silent. (L. Tolstoy)

It is difficult to speak intelligently, but to remain silent intelligently is even more difficult. (K. Bovey)

Why not be silent when everything is clear without words? (A. and B. Strugatsky)

We say the most important words in our lives silently. (P. Coelho)

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too. (J.-P. Sartre)

Those killed with words are finished off with silence. (W. Shakespeare)

And a fool, when silent, may seem wise. (Solomon)

I often regret what I said, but I rarely regret that I remained silent. (Abu-l-Faraj)

It is better to remain silent and seem like a fool than to open your mouth and completely dispel doubts. (M. Twain)

In response to swear words, remain silent with a smile. And pretend that you don’t know these words at all. Let an uncultured person swear, and you, without answering, continue to hit him on the neck. (G. Oster)

Brief words

Where there are few words, they have weight. (W. Shakespeare)

It’s better to say little, but well. (K. Prutkov)

Those who talk a lot often fail, so it is better to keep things in moderation. (Lao Tzu)

When a person speaks little, he seems smarter. (M. Gorky)

When you talk too much, sin cannot be avoided, but he who restrains his lips is wise. (Solomon)

He who guards his lips protects his soul, but he who opens his mouth wide is in trouble. (Solomon)

People in ancient times did not like to talk much. They considered it a shame for themselves not to keep up with their own words. (Confucius)

And the most brilliant speech becomes boring if it is drawn out. (B. Pascal)

People get confused in a mass of unnecessary words. (M. Gorky)

Short speeches are always more meaningful and can create a strong impression. (M. Gorky)

To speak tirelessly, without saying anything, has always been the highest gift of orators. (Plato)

It is better to say less, but choose words that have a lot of meaning, than to make long but empty speeches, which are as useless as they are easy to pronounce. (V. Van Gogh)

One useful word, upon hearing which one becomes calm, is better than a thousand speeches made up of useless words. (Buddha)

Words breed like rabbits and devour all the greenery of the world. (S. Jerzy Lec)

Love and words

Love has words, those words will not die. (A. Fet)

True love cannot speak, because true feeling is expressed more by deeds than by words. (W. Shakespeare)

Love, mature love, full of reverence and devotion, is not easily expressed in words; her voice is timid. (C. Dickens)

Every word is appropriate and infinitely sweet simply because it is said in the most precious voice in the world. (A. Kuprin)

If you had told me one word, just one word, I would have stayed. You didn't say it. (I. Turgenev)

A smile and a few words, And whoever is in love is ready for anything. (A. Griboyedov)

It seemed to me that a woman should not tell a man that she loves him. Let her shining, happy eyes speak about this. They speak louder than any words. (E.M. Remarque)

I was tormented because it seemed to me that it was necessary to talk to her, and I was worried that I would not utter a single word, and she would leave, and I would never see her again... (M. Bulgakov)

We walked side by side, but you didn’t dare look at me anymore, And in the wind of a March day, our empty speech was lost. (I. Bunin)

By the way, quotes about love

Thought and word

Ideas are rare game in the forest of words. (V. Hugo)

He who knows does not speak. The one who speaks does not know. (Lao Tzu)

How pitiful truths become when you speak them out loud. (E.M. Remarque)

If you don't say what you think, you may have to say what you don't think. (T. Parker)

For a speech to come out well, beautifully, shouldn’t the speaker’s mind comprehend what he is going to talk about? (Plato)

Words descend on thoughts breathing with power like pearls. (M. Lermontov)

Speech is an amazingly powerful tool, but it takes a lot of intelligence to use it. (G. Hegel)

A revelation of any depth and breadth will inevitably run into words. And the words will inevitably run into themselves. (V. Pelevin)

Words are not invented by academies; they are born along with thoughts. (N. Karamzin)

Words belong to the century, and thoughts belong to the centuries. (N. Karamzin)

The thought flies, but the words come at a pace. This is the whole drama of the writer. (A. Green)

Clever speeches are like lines printed in italics. (K. Prutkov)

Explanatory expressions explain dark thoughts. (K. Prutkov)

By the way, quotes about thoughts

Word and deed

The root of the word is business. (M. Gorky)

The first duty of a wise man and the first sign of wisdom is not to allow any discrepancy between word and deed and to always be oneself. (L. Seneca)

What good is a man's eloquence if he does not follow his words? (Buddha)

Speeches do not move things forward. We must act, not talk; actions resolve disputes better than words. (J.B. Moliere)

Only a person's actions speak about his personality and his attitude towards you. Don't believe the words. Just watch. And you will see the truth. (B. Marley)

Words... words... beautiful stories About exploits... but where are their deeds? Or are there no people who go beyond the phrase? (N. Nekrasov)

The great questions of the time are decided not by speeches and resolutions of the majority, but by iron and blood! (O. Bismarck)

What are thousands of words worth when strength of hand matters? (V. Tsoi)

In a country where there is order, be bold in both actions and speeches. In a country where there is no order, be bold in your actions, but careful in your speech. (Confucius)

Good advice

The best thing is the word spoken directly and simply. (W. Shakespeare)

If you want to be a good communicator, first become a good listener. (D. Carnegie)

When you feel bad, listen to nature. The silence of the world is more soothing than millions of unnecessary words. (Confucius)

Let's say what we think; to think what we say; let the words be in accordance with life. (L. Seneca)

Before you say anything to others, say it to yourself. (L. Seneca)

The words are running, they are cramped - so what! - never be afraid to be late. There are many of them - words, but still, if you can, say it, when you can’t help but say it. (V. Vysotsky)

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich in your bedroom, for the birds of the air will carry your speech, and the birds will announce the deed. (Solomon)

Just talk about what your concepts allow you to talk about. So: without knowing the laws of the Iroquois language, can you make such a judgment on this subject that would not be unfounded and stupid? (K. Prutkov)

Man and speech

What a man is, such is his speech. (Socrates)

What hurts someone, naturally, is what they talk about. (L. Seneca)

Nature has endowed us with two ears, two eyes, but only one tongue, so that we look and listen more than we speak. (Socrates)

It's amazing how people still believe in words. (I. Turgenev)

It is words that expose us to the mercy of the ruthless people around us, they expose us more than all the hands that we allow to roam over our skin. (M. Monroe)

Not talking to a person who is worthy of talking means losing a person. And talking to a person who is not worthy of conversation means losing words. The wise man loses neither people nor words. (Confucius)

A man is a man only through speech, but in order to invent speech, he had to already be a man. (W. Humboldt)

You need to treat your word honestly. It is the highest gift of God to man. (N. Gogol)

What there is no word for, for 99.99% of people does not exist at all. (V. Pelevin)

By the way, quotes about people

Speech is...

Language is the body of thought. (G. Hegel)

The word is the clothing of all facts, all thoughts. (M. Gorky)

The Word is the commander of human power. (V. Mayakovsky)

Words are loaded pistols. (J.-P. Sartre)

Words are always words. (W. Shakespeare)

You can’t joke with language: a person’s verbal speech is a visible connection, a link between soul and body, spirit and flesh. (V. Dahl)

We often repeat that a person is judged by his deeds, but sometimes we forget that a word is also an action. A person’s speech is a mirror of himself. (L. Tolstoy)

A word is not our arbitrary invention: every word that has received a place in the lexicon of a language is an event in the field of thought. (V. Zhukovsky)

Speech by the listener's ears

Speak so I can see you. (Socrates)

The most pleasant words for us are those that give us some knowledge. (Aristotle)

The trouble is that you can never know from words exactly why they were spoken. (D. London)

The success of a joke depends on the ear of the listener, but not on the tongue that said it. (W. Shakespeare)

We only feel the charm of our native speech when we hear it under foreign skies! (B. Shaw)

What a word is a sentence! (A. Griboyedov)

Oh my friend, Arkady Nikolaich! - exclaimed Bazarov. “I ask you one thing: don’t speak beautifully.” (I. Turgenev)

It is not given to us to predict how our word will respond, - And sympathy is given to us, How grace is given to us... (F. Tyutchev)

What should the speech be like?

The virtue of speech is to be clear and not low. (Aristotle)

Speech must comply with the laws of logic. (Aristotle)

It's not so much what you say, but how you say it. (D. London)

Speak with conviction - the words and influence on your listeners will come naturally. (I. Goethe)

Figurative presentation makes the subject of speech visible. (M. Cicero)

A speech needs an exciting beginning and a compelling ending. The job of a good speaker is to bring these two things as close as possible. (G. Chesterton)

Liven up your speech with humor. (M. Cicero)

If you manage to make the audience laugh, they start listening, and then you can say almost anything. (G. Gardner)

The last thing added always seems to be the most important. (T. Livy)

Not a single improvisation comes to me as well as the one that I prepared for three days. (M. Twain)

Speech difficulties

After all, whatever you say, it is from the subtlest, almost imperceptible nuances between words that any story comes to life (or, conversely, dies). (H. Murakami)

Oral speech can be given an even more subtle meaning than written speech. (J. Labruyère)

Some words often hide other words. (W. Shakespeare)

Words intended for one person will do nothing for another. (V. Pelevin)

It is much easier to talk to a crowd than to an individual. (J. Renard)

I’m always annoyed when I come across the phrase “there are no words to express,” etc. Nonsense! There are always words, but our minds are lazy. (N. Nekrasov)

It's hard to find words when you really have something to say. (E.M. Remarque)

When writing a speech, the hardest thing is deciding what to do with your hands. (F. Hubbard)

The human brain is a magnificent thing. It works right up to the minute you get up to give a speech. (M. Twain)

Feelings and speech

The immensity of my words is only a faint shadow of the immensity of my feelings. (M. Tsvetaeva)

It is known that a fiery feeling is expressed briefly, but powerfully. (G. Derzhavin)

The fewer words, the greater the feeling. (W. Shakespeare)

Why talk when you can’t express in words what you feel. (L. Tolstoy)

We are all like a person who, in his poor words, explains to the sad person that he has nothing to be sad about. But can a word cope with grief? (A. Saint-Exupery)

There are two kinds of nonsense: one comes from a lack of feelings and thoughts, replaced by words; the other is from the fullness of feelings and thoughts and the lack of words to express them. (A. Pushkin)

What are passions? - after all, sooner or later their sweet illness Will disappear at the word of reason. (M. Lermontov)

He who is devoid of passion, whose lips are closed, has not been chosen by heaven to be the messenger of their will. (A. Hitler)

Women and speech

Don’t expect direct speech from a woman: her “go away” sounds like “don’t go away” (W. Shakespeare)

You will never find a woman without a ready answer, unless she ends up without a tongue. (W. Shakespeare)

Do you understand the power of these words: she is waiting! (I. Turgenev)

A woman is not metal furniture; she is a flower. She doesn't want to be businesslike. She needs sunny, sweet words. It’s better to say something nice to her every day than to work for her all your life with gloomy frenzy. (E.M. Remarque)

When a woman is angry, don’t look for common sense in her speeches! (P. Beaumarchais)

Picking on a beautiful woman is not an easy task, because your words will not make her look bad. (W. Churchill)

There is no woman who could say “goodbye” in less than thirty words. (B. Shaw)

By the way, quotes about women

The art of communication

Use your ears more than your tongue. (L. Seneca)

Rhetoric is the ability to find possible ways of persuasion regarding any given subject. (Aristotle)

The speech of one person is not yet a speech: you need to listen to both sides. (M. Luther)

Remember that the person talking to you is hundreds of times more interested in himself, his desires and problems, than in you and your affairs. (D. Carnegie)

Express your approval honestly and sincerely. (D. Carnegie)

Words only interfere with understanding each other. (A. Saint-Exupery)

When speaking to a sly person, weigh your answer. (K. Prutkov)

Soul and word

Speech is the image of the soul. (Publius)

Oh, if only it were possible to speak with one’s soul without words! (A. Fet)

Words have their own soul. (A. Blok)

There are words that remain in the soul for a lifetime... (H. Murakami)

Here you need to speak eye to eye... so that the soul can be read on the face, so that the heart is reflected in the sounds of the word. One word spoken with conviction, with complete sincerity and without hesitation, face to face, means much more than dozens of sheets of paper written on it. (F. Dostoevsky)

Train yourself to be attentive to the words of other people and try, if possible, to penetrate into the soul of the speaker. But what are you supposed to do there? (M. Aurelius)

By the way, quotes about the soul

Immortality in a word

I erected a wonderful, eternal monument to myself, harder than metal and higher than the pyramids; Neither the whirlwind nor the fleeting thunder will break it, And the flight of time will not crush it. (G. Derzhavin)

Gold rusts and steel decays, marble crumbles. Everything is ready for death. The most lasting thing on earth is sadness, And the most lasting thing is the royal word. (A. Akhmatova)

Stupidity and words

No matter how stupid the words of a fool are, sometimes they are enough to confuse an intelligent person. (N. Gogol)

That's how language works. This is the root from which endless human stupidity grows. ... (V. Pelevin)

Do not speak into the ears of a fool, for he will despise your reasonable words. (Solomon)

There are people who always say only smart and good words, but you feel that they are stupid people. (A. Chekhov)

I instruct the gentlemen senators to speak not according to what is written, but in your own words, so that the nonsense is visible to everyone. (Peter I)

What speech should not be

He who has nothing to say always speaks badly. (Voltaire)

Insincerity is the main enemy of clear speech. (D. Orwell)

Finishing everything to the end is a surefire way to get bored. (Voltaire)

Big words should not be thrown into the wind. (V. Lenin)

Sophisticated words destroy virtue. (Confucius)

The poison is hidden in speech that is too insinuating. (Publius Syrus)

From many dreams there are many vain words. (Solomon)

Men and speech

Only the essence, as it is worthy of men, speak, Only answering the words, lord, speak. There are two ears, but one tongue is not given by chance - Listen twice and speak only once! (O. Khayyam)

I hear the speech not of the boy, but of the husband. (A. Pushkin)

How does a woman know that there is nothing behind the words that are spoken to her, that you are simply speaking out of habit and for the sake of your own peace of mind. (E. Hemingway)

The strong, silent man is too often silent only because he has nothing to say. (W. Churchill)

By the way, quotes about men

The last word

The last word seems to me to be the most important of all words. (A. Blok)

Do you want your word to be the last in an argument? Tell your opponent, “Perhaps you are right.” (W. Churchill)

Value your word. Each could be your last. (S. Jerzy Lec)

Tears and speech

Tears sometimes have the power of words. (Ovid)

Tears are silent speech. (Voltaire)

Tears are feminine eloquence. (C. Saint-Evremond)

By the way, quotes about tears

Drinking and speaking

Speak kindly while sitting over a merry cup. Avoid all quarrels and insults in your soul. (Theognis)

They tell me: “Khayyam, don’t drink wine!” But what should we do? Only a drunk can hear the tender speech of a hyacinth to a tulip, which she does not speak to me! (O. Khayyam)

Peace and words

The sad truth is that words fall short of reality. (I. Brodsky)

Only words give reality to phenomena. (O. Wilde)

By the way, quotes about peace

About miscellaneous

Tears are silent speech. (Voltaire)

Nature does not have speech organs, but creates tongues and hearts through which she speaks and feels. (I. Goethe)

Believe in the sound of words: The meaning of secrets is in them. (V. Bryusov)

An intellectual talks about a simple thing in a complex way; an artist describes a complex thing in simple words. (C. Bukowski)

Stop taking the floor when I'm asleep, otherwise I'll file a complaint against you! (A. Platonov)

Children learn from an adult's example, not from his words. (K. Jung)

The more often a person mentions God in his speeches, the more diligently I watch my wallet. (M. Twain)

Your enemy and your friend work together to hit you in the heart: one says nasty things about you, the other passes his words to you. (M. Twain)

Censorship restored my lost faith in words. (S. Jerzy Lec)

In the beginning was the Word - in the end was the Phrase. (S. Jerzy Lec)

As we can see, the greatest attention in quotes is paid to the connection of speech with truth, silence, brevity, love, thought, deed. Particular attention is paid to the power of words and Russian speech.

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