False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

  • -- William R. Alger 威廉·R·阿尔杰

虚假的雄辩是夸大;真正的雄辩是强调。

相关名言

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

雄辩,名词,口头说服傻瓜相信白色就是它看起来的颜色的艺术。它包括使任何颜色看起来都是白色的礼物。

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

我们把不幸和幸福都夸大了。我们从来没有像自己说的那么穷,也从来没有像自己说的那么幸福。

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

夸张是谎言的近亲,几乎同样应该受到谴责。

It was an argument of rare power and eloquence.

这是一场极具说服力的辩论。

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

重点应该放在我们为什么要工作上。