Ecclesiastes 10 - Full of it

Ecclesiastes 10:14 –
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Two age old sayings that I love (but don’t always adhere to) are;
It's better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it.
And
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak

I found a quote from Epictetus, a Greek philosopher, who said;
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”

I have gotten myself into trouble so many times with my mouth. I also think too many times we try to understand people without listening to them. Solomon observes that someone who is “full of words” is probably full of something.