Eloquence (from Latin eloquentia) is fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive speaking. It is primarily the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language, thereby producing conviction or persuasion. The term is also used for writing in a fluent style.
The concept of eloquence dates to the ancient Greeks, Calliope,(one of the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne) being the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence.
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- When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. ,
- Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies. ,
- In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent. ,
- You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable. ,
- They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper. ,
- There is no more sovereign eloquence than the truth in indignation. ,
- Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. ,
- True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. ,
- To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy. ,
- He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.
