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There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.


Henry Van Dyke
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
Joseph Addison
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Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.


Antonio Porchia
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Brevity is the soul of wit.


William Shakespeare
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False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.


William R. Alger
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Eloquence is the poetry of prose.


William C. Bryant
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Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins.


Michael Winter
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Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.


Frederick William Faber
I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity.
Mohsin Hamid
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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.


Ben Jonson
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In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.


Robert Fitzgerald
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Power without abuse loses its charm.


Paul Valery
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.


Jane Austen
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Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.
Blaise Pascal
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Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.


John F. Kennedy
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.
Heinrich Heine
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As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence.
John Strachan
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Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.


Albert Camus
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Being an actor in Hollywood involves lots of things beyond acting. Charm really helps.


Pierce Brosnan
One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.
Gustave Flaubert
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