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CHINESE PROVERB

A FULL BOTTLE DOES NOT RATTLE; AN EMPTY BOTTLE DOES NOT
RATTLE; ONLY THE HALF-FILLED DOES.

Submitter comment: MORAL: THE KNOWLEDGEABLE OR IGNORANT DO NOT BOAST--ONLY
THE ONE WITH INSUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings:

PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 08-10-1968

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