An alliterative prefix served as an ornament of oratory.
“Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.”
“What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?”
“Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train.”
“I can be trained, I can actually show you how intelligent I am, I can use a word like delicatessen and know what it means.”
“Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?”
“The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue.”
“Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.”
“You could be the World's greatest orator and if you don't say anything while orating, they are going to walk out on you after a while.”
“A good orator is pointed and impassioned.”
