seeing is believing

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Proverb

seeing is believing

1. You need to see something to believe it; visible facts cannot be denied.
   • 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull:

     There's nothing like Matter of Fact; Seeing is Believing.

   • 1848, J. C. and A. W. Hare, Guesses at Truth, second edition, page 497:

     Seeing is believing, says the proverb. Though, of all our senses, the eyes are the most easily deceived, we believe them in preference to any other evidence.

Translations

you need to see something to believe it

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 百聞不如一見 (cmn), 百闻不如一见 (cmn) (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn)

• Finnish: uskoo, ken näkee (fi)
• Georgian: ასჯერ გაგონილს ერთხელ ნანახო ჯობიაო (ka) (asǰer gagonils ert'xel nanaxo ǰobiao)

• Icelandic: sjón er sögu ríkari (is)
• Italian: vedere per credere (it)
• Korean: 백문불여일견 (ko) (百聞不如一見, baeg-mun-bul-yeo-il-gyeon)
• Portuguese: ver para crer (pt)
• Russian: пока не увижу, не поверю (ru) (poká ne uvížu, ne povérju)