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Actions speak louder than words

  1. People are more impressed with our sincerity if we act on our beliefs than if we merely talk about them.


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What one does is more important than what one says, as in Politicians need to be reminded that actions speak louder than words . This statement, a proverb found in many languages, including ancient Greek, was first worded in precisely this way in English in Colonial Currency (1736). Also see all talk ; do as I say, not as I do .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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