In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. Ordinary riches can be stolen real riches cannot. "In a word, to feel your subject thoroughly, and to speak without fear, are the only rules of eloquence." (Oliver Goldsmith) Rhetoric is quite often described as 'empty rhetoric' - meaning that the speaker is constructing clever arguments, or perhaps making complex verbal constructions - but that these lack authenticity and may in fact not be entirely genuine or even true. Rhetoric's clever use of language may be designed to persuade - but it is not necessarily flowing, and not necessarily beautiful - unless the speaker also happens to be - eloquent! Rhetoric is a more mental form of communication, putting forward arguments and reason - often wanting to make a point, or several points - often in order to win an argument, or 'win you over', as in politics. It may be persuasive, but naturally so, and you will tend to want to listen to it!Įloquence tends also to come from the heart, often conveying a passionate and deeply-held conviction of the speaker, and this emotion behind the words gives eloquence a sense of truth and sincerity that can be missing from rhetoric.Įloquence often also conveys even a complex concept in just a few words - whereas rhetoric might use many mords to do the same thing. One has the sense of words flowing out naturally. Eloquence is an artistic, flowing, and often beautiful form of expression, coming from the Latin for 'to speak out'.
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