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    Besides, as is usually the case, we are much more affected by the
    words which we hear, for though what you read in books may be
    more pointed, yet there is something in the voice, the look, the
    carriage, and even the gesture of the speaker, that makes a
    deeper impression upon the mind.
    [Lat., Praeterea multo magis, ut vulgo dicitur viva vox afficit:
    nam licet acriora sint, quae legas, ultius tamen in ammo sedent,
    quae pronuntiatio, vultus, habitus, gestus dicentis adfigit.]

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Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of
natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.

Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of
natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.

by Rufus Choate Found in: Oratory Quotes,
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Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand,
They rave, recite, and madden round the land.

Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand,
They rave, recite, and madden round the land.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Oratory Quotes,
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For rhetoric, he could not ope
His mouth, but out there flew a trope.

For rhetoric, he could not ope
His mouth, but out there flew a trope.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Oratory Quotes,
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When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he
answered, "Action," and which was the second, read more

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he
answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied,
"action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action."

by Plutarch Found in: Oratory Quotes,
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The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they
are, as it were, a natural art, the rules read more

The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they
are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are
infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive
than the most eloquent without it.

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It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against
another man's oration,--nay, it is a very read more

It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against
another man's oration,--nay, it is a very easy matter; but to
produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.

by Plutarch Found in: Oratory Quotes,
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There is no true orator who is not a hero.

There is no true orator who is not a hero.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Oratory Quotes,
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Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for
lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift read more

Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for
lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is to
kiss.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Oratory Quotes,
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The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest
sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms.

The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest
sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms.

by Edward Griffin Parker Found in: Oratory Quotes,
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