William Shakespeare Quotes on Eloquence

“Action is eloquence.”

- William Shakespeare, Seventeenth century)

“Every tongue that speaks But Romeo's name speaks heavenly eloquence.”

- William Shakespeare, Sixteenth century)

“A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain.”

- William Shakespeare, Sixteenth century)

“Say she be mute and will not speak a word; Then I'll commend her volubility, And say she uttereth piercing eloquence.”

- William Shakespeare, Sixteenth century)

“That aged ears play truant at his tales And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.”

- William Shakespeare, Sixteenth century)

William Shakespeare on Eloquence