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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Being a guest is good, but being at home is better.
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Where there is no fish even a crayfish is a fish.
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There are no friends for taste and color.
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Кто рано встаёт, тому бог подает
(lit.) Whoever gets up early, God gives him
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Beast runs towards the hunter.
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Poor people are inventive.
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Who is talking about what, and a lousy one about the bath.
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The forbidden fruit is sweet.
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