Orator
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When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator
The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays