It is with narrow souled people as with narrow necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.
— Pope
Pope
Shallow people, like narrow bottles, make the most noise with the least substance.
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Common conversation is the best mirror of the heart.
— Unknown
Applause is the spur of noble minds; the end and aim of weak ones.
— Charles Caleb Colton
Calumniators have neither good hearts, nor good understandings.
— Bulwer
Commonly they whose tongue is their weapon, use their feet for defense.
— Sir P. Sidney
A killing tongue, but a quiet sword.
— Shakespeare
There are braying men in the world as well as braying asses; for what is loud and senseless talking other than a way of …
— L'Estrange
