Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.
The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.
Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.
If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
In the past, great communicators were great orators, but great communicators today sound conversational, and interrupting is common in conversation. And public discourse is now more about entertainment than enlightenment.
It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.
For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.
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