Rhetoric establishes sincerity.

——"Yi Qian"

Don't use clever words and tricks to get along with others in order to gain favor from others.

——[Song Dynasty] Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi's "Er Cheng Cuiyan·Monarchs and Ministers"

Words are not as valuable as literature, they are just more important than words, and literature is what you should do.

——[Song Dynasty] Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi's "Er Cheng Cui Yan·Lun Xue"

Conversations, like compositions, have themes, drafts, levels, beginnings and ends. Don't be incoherent.

——Liang Shiqiu's "The Art of Conversation"

As long as you have correct and original insights, a few words are much more valuable than a long, indifferent speech.

——Chao Chao Wen’s “For Endurance”

Passionate way of speaking can capture the other person’s psychology better than the content.

——Huang Taisheng's "Negotiation Psychology"

I may not be good at communicating, but I am good at communicating with people who don't need to communicate.

——Bai Yansong, quoted from "Exclusive Interview with Bai Yansong: I am a non-mainstream in the mainstream"

People with excellent eloquence almost have a sophistry and sophistry to deceive themselves and the audience. A knack for exaggeration.

——[UK] Macaulay's "Essays·On the Orators of Athens"

There are many people who can quarrel, but not many who can speak.

——[USA] Louisa May Alcott's "Harmony Days"

Over the years, whether on the podium, in front of a jury, or in In daily conversations, the first thing I do is to determine what I should say, and then express it in concise language in a simple and clear way.

——[USA] Clarence Danno, "The Autobiography of Danno"

Good sentences are even better if they are short.

——[Spain] Gracian "The Art of Living"