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259:, for related ideas. Think of more things to add to make an unbiased list. Wasn't there a more popular expression, A picture paints a thousand words, where the picture isn't really equated to or 'worth' such many words, but implies a more nuanced concept can sometimes be served by the picture. In psychology somewhere there is a technique where the client records their experiences in hand drawn image. Add to proposed 'See Also' list, if someone could find the name of that; which just now reminds me of the Identi-Kit system, which of course is a different thing.Also,something could be said of giving directions to tourists etc. where sometimes a landmark ,such as a prominent tower or multi-signpost, 74: 53: 22: 298:
The phrase was used by traveling photographers to compensate for shoddy work. Newspapers used it to sell space while Radio advertising salesmen have counter the phrase with the comparison, "Give me a thousand words and I will give you the Gettysburg Address, the pledge of allegiance, passages of the
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I, the Mighty Obbop, in a rare fit of lucidity, hereby propose that some utterances are so commonsensical in a general way that it is likely many different folks concocted the adage, figure of speech, whatever at so many differing places at various times that any attempt to seek a source is futile.
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The external links used the Chinese phrase "畫意能達萬言" as equivalent (very close to a literal translation). However, I want to note that the phrase "百聞不如一見" (roughly: seeing it once is better than hearing a hundred times) is more commonly used in Mandarin for the purpose.
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There are so many ways to phrase "a pic is worth kilo-words" that minor differences in utterance are meaningless. Besides, various languages have different usage rules that even with translations there will be many ways to communicate the same general thought.
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There is a Russian proverb: "Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать" (leterally: "It's better one time to see, than one hundred times to hear"). It seems to be based based on the Chinese phrase 百闻不如一见 (bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn).
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The third paragraph about Bernard seems to contradict the original statement about it being a Chinese proverb. Who really originated the saying?
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bible and the whispered promise of those in love. Would you trade any picture for those?"
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260: 15: 279:, maybe include this or some other pictogram. Signed 8: 275:) 00:49, 12 July 2011 (UTC) See notes under, 99:Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject English Language 300: 47: 378:Low-importance English Language articles 307:2604:3D08:157F:F550:E861:6F3F:70D1:D794 49: 19: 383:WikiProject English Language articles 349:Image is also worth a thousand words 102:Template:WikiProject English Language 7: 79:This article is within the scope of 168:it wasn't actually a Chinese phrase 38:It is of interest to the following 14: 373:C-Class English Language articles 72: 51: 20: 119:This article has been rated as 219:13:49, 27 September 2009 (UTC) 1: 359:02:38, 11 February 2023 (UTC) 246:20:53, 11 December 2009 (UTC) 161:20:47, 11 December 2009 (UTC) 93:and see a list of open tasks. 251:Possible "See Also" section. 151:I savor their little oranges 82:WikiProject English Language 399: 339:18:13, 10 April 2019 (UTC) 180:00:21, 15 March 2016 (UTC) 315:17:09, 9 April 2019 (UTC) 289:01:00, 12 July 2011 (UTC) 118: 105:English Language articles 67: 46: 199:02:27, 2 June 2009 (UTC) 185:contradicting paragraph 28:This article is rated 327:"Personal experience" 32:on Knowledge (XXG)'s 345:Practical research 1 166:More to the point 34:content assessment 317: 305:comment added by 139: 138: 135: 134: 131: 130: 390: 329:does not count. 257:Silent preaching 177: 176: 125:importance scale 107: 106: 103: 100: 97: 96:English Language 87:English language 76: 69: 68: 63: 59:English Language 55: 48: 31: 25: 24: 16: 398: 397: 393: 392: 391: 389: 388: 387: 363: 362: 347: 296: 265:kilometre point 253: 229: 206: 187: 174: 172: 144: 104: 101: 98: 95: 94: 61: 29: 12: 11: 5: 396: 394: 386: 385: 380: 375: 365: 364: 351:180.195.201.59 346: 343: 342: 341: 295: 292: 252: 249: 228: 225: 223: 205: 202: 186: 183: 164: 163: 143: 140: 137: 136: 133: 132: 129: 128: 121:Low-importance 117: 111: 110: 108: 91:the discussion 77: 65: 64: 62:Low‑importance 56: 44: 43: 37: 26: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 395: 384: 381: 379: 376: 374: 371: 370: 368: 361: 360: 356: 352: 344: 340: 336: 332: 328: 324: 323:verifiability 320: 319: 318: 316: 312: 308: 304: 293: 291: 290: 286: 282: 278: 274: 270: 266: 262: 258: 250: 248: 247: 243: 239: 238:70.242.167.14 233: 226: 224: 221: 220: 216: 212: 203: 201: 200: 196: 192: 184: 182: 181: 178: 169: 162: 158: 154: 153:70.242.167.14 150: 149: 148: 141: 126: 122: 116: 113: 112: 109: 92: 88: 84: 83: 78: 75: 71: 70: 66: 60: 57: 54: 50: 45: 41: 35: 27: 23: 18: 17: 348: 301:— Preceding 297: 294:Disagreement 254: 234: 230: 227:Universality 222: 207: 188: 167: 165: 145: 120: 80: 40:WikiProjects 281:JohnsonL623 269:JohnsonL623 255:FYI, refer 367:Categories 331:~ ToBeFree 277:Exit sign 211:Hellerick 191:Jeanarock 325:policy. 303:unsigned 261:milepost 173:Llywelyn 204:Russian 142:Chinese 123:on the 30:C-class 36:scale. 355:talk 335:talk 311:talk 285:talk 273:talk 242:talk 215:talk 195:talk 157:talk 115:Low 369:: 357:) 337:) 313:) 287:) 244:) 217:) 197:) 175:II 159:) 353:( 333:( 309:( 283:( 271:( 263:, 240:( 213:( 193:( 155:( 127:. 42::

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