| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Orator, Oratory |
| | | A good orator must be Cicero and Roscius in one man. | 1 |
| An orator is a virtuous man skilled in the art of speaking well. Cato. | 2 |
| An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle. Theophrastus. | 3 |
| He is a good orator who convinces himself. | 4 |
| He’s a pretty fellow of an orator that makes panegyric of himself. | 5 |
| Oratory is the wings upon which we must rise to the great offices of state. Plutarch. | 6 |
| Their weakness made them get up into clamor as lame men get on horseback. Cicero, speaking of bawling orators. | 7 | | |
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