“The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it.” MenArtPassionNaturalSimplestEloquentInfalliblePersuasiveOratorsOratory Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Men and words are ready made, and you, O Painter, if you do not know how to make your figures move, are like an orator who knows not how to use his words.” IfsKnowsMenMadeUseMovingKnow HowFiguresReadyPainterOrators Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci