#orator — Public Fediverse posts
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What orators lack in depth, they give you in length.
[Ce qui manque aux orateurs en profondeur, ils vous le donnent en longueur.]Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689–1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 828 / 1086 (1720-1755) [tr. Clark (2012)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/85620/
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TAMBURLAINE: Then shall we fight courageously with them?
Or look you I should play the orator?
TECHELLES: No; cowards and faint-hearted runaways
Look for orations when the foe is near:
Our swords shall play the orators for us.Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1, Act 1, sc. 2 (1586-1587)More info about this quote: wist.info/marlowe-christopher/…
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No one, whether poet or orator, ever yet thought anyone else better than himself. This is the case even with bad ones.
[Nemo umquam neque poëta neque orator fuit, qui quemquam meliorem quam se arbitraretur. Hoc etiam malis contingit.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], Book 14, Letter 20, sec. 3 (14.20.3) (44 BC) [tr. Shuckburgh (1900), # 724]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
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Just watched this amazing documentary about the importance of Frederick Douglass (it’s on HBO, made last year, and available on YouTube I think)
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