François VI, Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1613 – 1680) French Author
“Les passions sont les seuls orateurs qui persuadent toujours. Elles sont comme un art de la nature dont les règles sont infaillible; et l’homme le plus simple qui a de la passion persuade mieux que le plus éloquent qui n’en a point.”
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“The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They like are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.”
— François de la Rochefoucauld
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Reblogged this on The Presenters' Blog and commented:
The first time here on WordPress that I’ve pressed the “re-blog” button. I wonder what will happen?
The motivation for that button push is this superb little piece from John Zimmer with a quote from the Francois de la Rochefoucald.
Within this quote lies the entire secret to public speaking.
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Thank you, Peter. I appreciate the reblogging. It seems to have worked just fine.
John
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Thanks for posting this John. It’s a quote that I haven’t come across before, and now that you’ve introduced me to it, I think I’ll be calling upon it often.
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Thanks, Peter. Glad that you like it. It is a great quote.
John
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