Eloquence Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Eloquence


Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress; great and tall but bears no fruit. —Anonymous	1
Fierce bursts of eloquence like the wail of a clarion thrilling beneath the blasts of a storm. —Anonymous	2
False eloquence, big empty sound, Like showers that rush upon the ground, Little beneath the surface goes, All streams along and muddy flows. —Matthew Green	3
Eloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the paroxysms of a disordered state. —Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne	4