Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Orator, Oratory

A good orator must be Cicero and Roscius in one man.

An orator is a virtuous man skilled in the art of speaking well.Cato.

An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.Theophrastus.

He is a good orator who convinces himself.

He’s a pretty fellow of an orator that makes panegyric of himself.

Oratory is the wings upon which we must rise to the great offices of state.Plutarch.

Their weakness made them get up into clamor as lame men get on horseback.Cicero, speaking of bawling orators.