#oratory

St. Helen's Oratory, Cape Cornwall.

#Cornwall #Kernow #holy #oratory #granite #cross

A granite cross on the apex of a ruined granite roof, the sun behind it.
El Pregoner del Metallpregonermetall
2025-12-10
2025-09-28
"If Cicero doesn't reach the verb in 15 minutes I'm legally allowed to overthrow the Republic"An 1889 depiction by Cesare Maccari of Cicero, then consul, speaking against Catiline, at right.
2025-05-22

Celebrate Saint Philip Neri, the "Apostle of Rome," whose joyful spirit and humility continue to inspire. Born in 1515, Philip believed holiness could be joyful, connecting with people through humor and kindness. Founder of the Oratory, he dedicated his life to prayer, preaching, and service. His legacy reminds us that everyday acts can be filled with extraordinary love. #SaintPhilipNeri #JoyfulHoliness #CatholicSaints #Oratory #FaithInAction young-catholics.com/8473/st-ph

2025-05-22
carved oratory above the high altar at St. Georgs Kathedrale, Wiener Neustadt, Niederösterreich, Austria. May 2025.

#cathedral #kathedrale #wienerneustadt #österreich #austria #oratory
carved oratory above the high altar at St. Georgs Kathedrale, Wiener Neustadt, Niederösterreich, Austria. May 2025.
2024-09-21

A pitch-perfect speech by a great and humble poet. So much said in so few words.

And the most moving tribute paid to his accidental guitar teacher in the early 1960s, a young man from Spain in Montreal who gave him three lessons and then vanished.

"It was those six chords, it was that guitar pattern, that has been the basis of all my songs."

youtu.be/VIR5ps8usuo?si=I7wYHN

Remembering Leonard Cohen, 21 Sept 1934 -- 7 Nov 2016.

#LeonardCohen
#poetry #oratory #guitar #instruments #teachers

WIST Quotations moves again!WISTquote@zirk.us
2024-07-30

A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:

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There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence.

What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, of second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet’s bombast!
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/7

#quote #quotes #quotation #amateur #art #dullness #inferiority #lowquality #mediocrity #music #oratory #ordinary #painting #poetry

WIST Quotations moves again!WISTquote@zirk.us
2024-05-30

A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:

«
If the young aspirant is not rich enough for Parliament, and is deterred by the basilisks or otherwise from entering on Law or Church, and cannot altogether reduce his human intellect to the beaverish condition, or satisfy himself with the prospect of making money, — what becomes of him in such case, which is naturally the case of very ma…
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/carlyle-thomas/69414

#quote #quotes #quotation #career #intellect #oratory #writing

2024-02-28
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Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal green dome through trees under storm cloud sky, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Komeil Karimi_20210915_KNZ_1250
#oratory #church #dome #architecture #travel #mountroyal #Montreal #Canada #Photography
Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal green dome through trees under storm cloud sky, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
Captured by Komeil Karimi
2024-02-28

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Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal green dome through trees under storm cloud sky, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Komeil Karimi_20210915_KNZ_1250
#oratory #church #dome #architecture #travel #mountroyal #Montreal #Canada #Photography

Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal green dome through trees under storm cloud sky, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
Captured by Komeil Karimi
2024-02-07

Yes, the man did say and speak on more than just having a dream.

>5 MLK speeches you should know. Spoiler: 'I Have a Dream' isn't on the list npr.org/2024/02/07/1228320048/

#MLK #BlackHistoryMonth #oratory #history

Joel VanderWerfjoelvanderwerf
2023-10-01

“If Republicans had a smoking gun or even a dripping water pistol, they would be presenting it today, But they’ve got nothing.”

-- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.

wapo.st/3PVsOKa

WIST Quotations moves again!WISTquote@zirk.us
2023-08-25

A quotation from Post, Emily:

«
Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/post-emily/62765/

#quote #quotes #quotation #communication #conversation #oratory #wit

Coach Pāṇini ®paninid@mastodon.world
2023-07-01

Do the oligarchs basically view themselves as Phillip of Macedon, and their princelings as Alexanders the Great?

That might explain a lot of the Dominionist millenarianism eschatology.

Per Adlai Stevenson II:

“Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, ‘How well he spoke,’ but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, ‘Let us march!’”

We are all heirs of Demosthenes.

#Demosthenes #oratory #rhetoric #politics #power #oligarchy

2023-06-08

For all fans of #Fallacies, here's a nice #FreakonomicsRadio episode on Slippery Slopes. Unfortunately, very much in a (US) legal context, but instructive nonetheless.
#Drogredenen #Eloquentia #Argumentation #Oratory
podcastaddict.com/freakonomics

History of Rhetoricishrhet@zirk.us
2023-03-22

I now declare this mammut open!

The International Society for the History of Rhetoric is now also present in the fediverse. Just look us up [at]ishrhet[at]zirk.us. More elaborate intro-toot will follow soon.

#rhetoric #historyofrhetoric #ishr #rhetodons #histodons #speech #oratory #criticism #Teamrhetoric

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