Aphorisms
mementomori | October 15, 2006To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.
Sir Winston Churchill, 1954
No one can read the writings or speeches of Churchill and not admire his mastery of classic rhetorical terms. Churchill, who was trained in rhetoric in school, used such memorable figures throughout his adult life. For example, his use of oxymoron during a speech he gave in Fulton, Missouri on March 5, 1946 has become legendary:
."From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."
It is certainly easier to learn and use rhetorical terms in one's writing than in…