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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 trying
We're trying to keep oratory alive. There is still a place for this. Charles Williams
oratory willpower
In oratory the will must predominate. David Hare
oratory prove knows
The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and carried all with him. Thomas Carlyle
oratory speech firsts
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
oratory argument adversaries
Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place. Samuel Johnson
oratory persuasion power-of-persuasion
The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion. Thomas B. Macaulay
willpower talent virtue
In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless. Aleister Crowley
willpower
Will cannot be quenched against its will. Dante Alighieri
willpower periods remuneration
The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply wouldn't be any remuneration, period. Will Self