“Words are deeds.”
Worte sind Taten.
Source: Culture and Value (1980), p. 50e
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Ludwig Wittgenstein228
Austrian-British philosopher 1889–1951Related quotes
John Fletcher (1579–1625) English Jacobean playwright
The Lover's Progress (licensed 6 December 1623; revised 1634; published 1647), Act iii. Sc. 4. Compare: "Deeds, not words", Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part i, canto i, line 867.
“I believe in deeds, not words.”
Tamora Pierce book Alanna: The First Adventure
Source: Alanna: The First Adventure
“It's deeds we need, not words.”
Vasil Levski (1837–1873) Bulgarian revolutionary
To Lyuben Karavelov, January 27, 1872
Original: (bg) Дела трябват, а не думи.
“Words are women, deeds are men.”
Augustine Birrell (1850–1933) British politician
"In the Name of the Bodleian"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
“Words that do not match deeds are unimportant.”
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
As quoted in Seeds of Revolution: A Collection of Axioms, Passages and Proverbs, Volume 1 (2009) by Iam A. Freeman
“837. Words are women, deedes are men.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Justice is a constant uprightness in words and in deeds.”
Four Discoveries of Praise to God, eds. C. Matthew McMahon and Therese B. McMahon (Puritan Publications, 2012), Ch. 2, p. 28
“The beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.”
Thomas Mann book The Magic Mountain
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 4
