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William Shakespeare on Silence

1564–1616 England

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The saying is true "The empty vessel makes the greatest sound."

Henry V (1599)

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very gesture.

Be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.

Silence is only commendable
In a neat's tongue dried and a maid not vendible.

What; gone without a word?
Ay, so true love should do: it cannot speak;
For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.

The red wine first must rise
In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em
Talk us to silence.

Henry VIII (1613)

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy:
I were but little happy, if I could say how much.

Trust me, sweet,
Out of this silence yet I pick'd a welcome.

In silence sad,
Trip we after night's shade:
We the globe can compass soon.
Swifter than the wand'ring moon.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Shakespeare (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.