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The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.

John Lyly

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John Lyly
Died: 1606
Died: November 18
Novelist
Playwright
Politician
Writer
Kent
England
John Lilly
John Lylie
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Empty
Ignorance
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Greater
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