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Persuasion: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks— COLLEY CIBBER — Parody on Pope's lines.

He, from whose lips divine persuasion flows,— S. HOMER — Iliad. Bk. 7. L. 143.

Pope's trans. Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke, and eloquence of eyes.— HOMER — Iliad. Bk. XIV. L. 251.

Pope's trans. Though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dashb Maturest counsels.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. II. L. 112.

Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear.— MILTON — Paradise Regained. Bk. I. L. 221.

Persuade me not; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it.— Shakespeare — Merry Wives of Windsor. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 1.