actions speak louder than words

What you do is more important than what you say, or what you promise to do: “The gallant foreigner, who could not tell them how he sympathized with them, but whose actions spoke louder than words” (F. McCullagh, With the Cossacks, 1906).

 The first recorded use of the proverb, in the form “actions are more precious than

words,” was in a speech by the English politician John Pym in 1628. Its current form is of U.S. origin.

Proverb expressing similar meaning: 

deeds are fruits, words are but leaves.

action is worry’s worst enemy

You can banish anxiety by keeping busy and active, or by taking action to solve the problem that is worrying you: Action is worry’s worst enemy, so don’t just sit there brooding—do something!

 

 

 

admiration is the daughter of ignorance

People often admire others about whom they only have incomplete knowledge.

 

Proverb expressing similar meaning: what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over.

Proverb expressing opposite meaning: prejudice is the daughter of ignorance.

 

 

accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

People who seek to blame the times or conditions they line in are really trying to avoid taking the blame themselves: It strikes me that the prime minister needs to be reminded that those who accuse the times are but excusing themselves. The proverb was first recorded in 1732 by Thomas Fuller in Gnomologia.

Proverb expressing similar meanings: HE WHO EXCUSES HIMSELF ACCUSES HIMSELF

Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

Your  affection  for  those  close  to  you-family  and  friends-increases  when  you are parted from them. The proverb was first recorded c. 1850, but the sentiment is expressed in earlier literature—for example, by James Howell (1593?–1666), who wrote “Distance sometimes    endears    friendship,    and absence  sweeteneth  it.”

Proverb expressing opposite meaning:

out of sight, out of mind.

Absence Is The Mother of Disillusion

A period  of  separation  may  enable  you  to consider  people  or  things  more  objectively  and  see  them  in  a  truer  but  less favorable light: While her boyfriend was away she became increasingly aware of all his little faults, which she had ignored when they were together—absence is the mother of disillusion. The  proverb  is  recorded  as  a  regional expression in the United States.

 

 

 

Socrates

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”