"The passions are the only orators which..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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“Delivers in such apt and gracious words that aged ears play truant at his tales; And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.”
“We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.”
“We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.”