Empty Vessels Make More Noise

 

Dear Friends

Very Happy Evening

 

Here is a proverb, “Empty vessels make more noise”

 

Let us fill the pot with water to the brim.

Let us now carry the pot and try to walk.

The water in the pot will not make noise and will not spill out.

Likewise, there are people who are silent and do all the work intelligently.

They are calm and composed. They are intelligent and wise

They will give correct suggestion to any problem

They have problem solving abilities.

These people are boon to society and business and educational establishments.

They are the leaders in their domain of knowledge.

 

 

Let us fill the pot with half of its capacity

Let us carry the pot and try to walk.

The water in the pot will make noise and water will spill.

Similarly, people who speak loudly with confidence will not be wise.

They just argue for the sake of it.

They talk so forcefully and emphatically others will back out.

They will argue so badly thinking that others will back out.

Finally in the end they expose their lack of wisdom transparently

They are not only ignorant but also not intelligent.

 

Therefore, loudest one in the room is the weakest in

knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence.

 

I am stating a parallel verse in Sanskrit which conveys the same meaning

सम्पुर्णकुम्भो न करोति शब्दं  अर्धोघटो घोषमुपैती पूनम | 

विद्वानं कुलीनों न करोति गर्वं  गुणैर्वीहिना बहु जल्पयन्ति |

 

 

I wish you a Pleasant Evening

 

Kind Regards