Eloquence (n.) 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.
Eloquence (n.) requires the pleasant and the real, but the pleasant must itself be drawn from the true.
Eloquence (n.) , when true, makes light of eloquence, just as true morality makes light of morality.
Eloquence (n.) is a painting of the thoughts.
Eloquence (n.) is a pictorial representation of thought.
Eloquence (n.) is the painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, still add to it, make a picture instead of a portrait.