We always weaken everything we exaggerate.

We always weaken everything we exaggerate.

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, read more

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think read more

Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.

I never exaggerate. I just remember big.

I never exaggerate. I just remember big.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

Eloquence is logic on fire.

Eloquence is logic on fire.

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.