“You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound.”
Johnny Rotten
“The saying is true, "The empty vessel makes the greatest sound”
William Shakespeare
“The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.”
“The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel”
John Lyly
“Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.”
Bible
“Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.”
“They have, in essence, treated these articles as empty vessels to be filled with some witches' brew of charges,”
Charles Ruff
