Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать
With accent marks:
Лу́чше оди́н раз уви́деть, чем сто раз услы́шать.
Translation:
Better to see once than hear a hundred times.
Meaning:
This proverbs does not really need an explanation. It is the Russian version of the famouns English phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words".
Other Russian proverbs
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Poor people are inventive.
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The best is the enemy of the good.
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A well-fed man does not understand a starving one.
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Hurry to much and you will make people laugh.
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In a quiet whirlpool, demons live.
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The eyes are scared, but the hands are doing.
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Лучше горькая правда, чем сладкая ложь
Bitter truth is better than sweet lies.
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Where it is thin, it breaks.
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