"Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing" are words spoken in which play by William Shakespeare?

"Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing" are words spoken in the 16th-century play "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare. In this play, Gratiano is shown as a person who speaks too much. He is a friend of Bassanio and truly a great talker. He is almost impossible to shut up and can be unmannerly, to the extent that Bassanio only allows him to go on a trip to Belmont on the condition that he keeps himself under control.

In Scene 1 of Act 1, Bassanio tells us that Gratiano spends a great deal of time speaking to Antonio. Even with all of their talking, the two men are still unable to understand each other most of the time.

The quote, in this case, means that Gratiano really can't stop himself from continuously talking and talking, even if what he says is useless or almost totally useless. He talks a lot without any meaning or purpose.

A summary of "The Merchant of Venice" concerns Antonio, an anti-Semitic merchant. He will take a loan from the Jew Shylock to help his friend win the love of Portia. Antonio can't repay the loan, and without mercy, Shylock demands a pound of his flesh. The heiress Portia, now the wife of Antonio's friend, dresses as a lawyer and saves Antonio. In the story, Gratiano, a very coarse and garrulous man, is an up-and-coming merchant who works under the merchant Antonio and alongside Bassanio, Lorenzo, and Salarino. He weds Portia's lady-in-waiting, Nerissa.