"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they would like to say something. As empty vessels make the loudest sounds, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers."
— Plato

January 1, 1970

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In the Laches (see above) Plato includes a criticism of one who has "no meaning" and uses "empty words" to "dodge" "in the hope of concealing his own perplexity". A conflation of these two quotations may be the origin of the spurious quotation given above.