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Who think too little, and who talk too much.
— John Dryden · Absalom and Achitophel
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Dryden's line targets people who think too little and talk too much. The pairing is the jab: empty thought and plenty of noise. It's a compact satirical portrait of chatter without substance, the sort of talkers everyone has met.
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