Originally Posted by fouzia23

An empty vessel is a person with little knowledge and who presents himself as a scholar. Such people make claims which seem far beyond reality. They deliver their ideas infornt of people like themselves and receive appreciation. This habit also accompanies them in front of knowledgable and veteran people. These empty vessels are inferiority complex concious people and just want to avail the attention of masses. Interview is the common example where intelligent and wise candidates just remain stick to the answer of question and deliver comprehensive and to the point answers of the questions but some candidates having little knowledge consider themselves smart enough and think they can dodge the veteran and qualified interviewers by beating the bush. Same is the case with politicians. Seasoned and experianced politicians convey their point of view after evaluating the pros and cons of the matter , furnish their views or stance with logic and stand firmly on their stance. In contrast to them, ignorant politicians present their point of view without any research and don't support their stance with logic. They also don't leave any stone unturned to prove their illogic point of view right/correct.

Humility is hallmark of great men. A knowlegable person always remains concious of masses' expectations and knows very well what he does not know. (Try not to use short form like don't in place of do not in formal English writing especially in exams) On the other hand, empty vessels never try to read between the lines and always remain oblivian of what they do not know. They forget the reality that knowlege is ocean and nobody can drink its whole water.