Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

Language is wine upon the lips.

We love eloquence for its own sake, and not for any truth which it may utter, or any heroism it may inspire

As reason is the glory of man, so the lamp of reason is eloquence.

There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.

Speaking is a beautiful folly; with that man dances over all things.

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

I am not eloquent.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it.

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.

The older I grow the more I become certain that it makes no difference what words we use to tell the same truths.