This universal wisdom teaches that what people do matters more than what they say.
الأفعال أبلغ من الأقوال
Actions are more eloquent than words
🇪🇬 Arabic
Cairo, EG
Pronunciation: al-af'āl ab-lagh min al-aq-wāl
مثل عربي معروف متجذر في البلاغة العربية الكلاسيكية.
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Actions speak louder than words
🇬🇧 English
London, GB
First recorded in English in 1628.
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Del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho
From saying to doing there is a long stretch
🇪🇸 Spanish
Madrid, ES
Pronunciation: del DEE-cho al EH-cho eye MOO-cho TREH-cho
Refrán castellano clásico de la España medieval.
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Obras son amores y no buenas razones
Deeds are love, not fine words
🇲🇽 Spanish
Mexico City, MX
Santiago, CL
Pronunciation: OH-brahs son ah-MOH-res ee noh BWEH-nahs rah-SOH-nes
Dicho popular chileno heredado de la tradición castellana.
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El que mucho habla, poco hace
He who talks a lot, does little
🇲🇽 Spanish
Mexico City, MX
Pronunciation: el keh MOO-cho AH-blah, POH-ko AH-seh
Variante mexicana.
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Les actes valent mieux que les paroles
Actions are worth more than words
🇫🇷 French
Paris, FR
Pronunciation: lez AKT vahl myuh kuh lay pa-ROHL
Équivalent français direct.
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不言実行
Action without words
🇯🇵 Japanese
Tokyo, JP
Pronunciation: fu-gen jik-kō
四字熟語の一つ。口に出さず黙って実行することを尊ぶ表現。
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