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oratory poet orators
The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator. Ben Jonson
oratory matter politician
The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or a platform even the most conscientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth. Aldous Huxley
oratory willpower
In oratory the will must predominate. David Hare
oratory trying
We're trying to keep oratory alive. There is still a place for this. Charles Williams
oratory forget forget-him
He has oratory who ravishes his hearers while he forgets himself. Johann Kaspar Lavater
oratory succeed delivery
Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed. [Ger., Allein der Vortrag macht des Redners Gluck, Ich fuhl es wohl noch bin ich weit zuruck.] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
oratory succeed delivery
Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed.
oratory literature savages
Oratory is, after all, the prose literature of the savage. George Saintsbury
oratory firsts action
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. Plutarch
poetry should
Why then we should drop into poetry. Charles Dickens
poet companion whole-life
Read somewhat in the English poets every day. You will find them elegant, entertaining and constructive companions through your whole life. David McCullough
poetry mind body
Poetry is the connecting link between body and mind. Camille Paglia
poetry wish way
Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by. C. K. Williams
poet represent size sound thus universal
The poet should size the Particular, and he should, if there be anything sound in it, thus represent the Universal
poet true
The poet does not know and often will never know his true receiver. Eugenio Montale
poet negotiation range
Readers bring their own experiences, their own range of - their own wisdom, their own knowledge, their own insights to poem and the meaning of a poem takes place in the negotiation between the poet, the poem and the reader. Edward Hirsch
poetry essentials needs
Poetry never loses its appeal. Sometimes its audience wanes and sometimes it swells like a wave. But the essential mystery of being human is always going to engage and compel us. We're involved in a mystery. Poetry uses words to put us in touch with that mystery. We're always going to need it.
poet reader great-poet
There has never been a great poet who wasn't also a great reader of poetry.
orators
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length. Charles de Montesquieu