eloquence

is a kind of thinking in words which is not natural, but rather is a byproduct of solitude, deracination, and a heightened painful individuality.

It's not 'natural' to speak well, eloquently, in an interesting articulate way. People living in groups, families, communes say little have few verbal means. Eloquence thinking in words is a byproduct of solitude, deracination, a heightened painful individuality.' Susan Sontag

is a way of saying things in such a way, first, that those to whom we speak may listen to them without pain and with pleasure, and second, that they feel themselves interested, so that self-love leads them more willingly to reflection upon it.

a way of saying things in such a way, first, that those to whom we speak may listen to them without pain and with pleasure, and second, that they feel themselves interested, so that self-love leads them more willingly to reflection upon it.

is discovering with delight the expressive resources of the means at hand.

discovering with delight the expressive resources of the means at hand.

is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

is memorable speech, be it in a phrase of music, a line in a painting, a curve in the work of architecture or sculpture, or a shot in golf or tennis.

eloquence in a phrase of music, a line in a painting, a curve in the work of architecture or sculpture, a shot in golf or tennis.

is merely the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud voice, and powerful lungs.

What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud voice, and powerful lungs. Jean de la Bruyere

is not our bond but boundlessly self-regarding.

not our bond but boundlessly self-regarding. Eloquence does not represent the real, it replaces it with its own voice, complacently narcissist.

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eloquence