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One PICTURE is worth ten thousand words
There is no foundation to the ascription of Chinese origin in quot. 1927.
1921
Printers' Ink
8 Dec. 96
One look is worth a thousand words.
1927
Ibid
. 10 Mar. 114
Chinese proverb
, One picture is worth ten thousand words.
1954
Journal of Edwin Carp
90
‘One picture speaks louder than ten thousand words.’ Mr. Bovey repeated the adage this morning when .. he handed me my finished portrait.
1979
Scientific American
Oct. 118
A picture is worth a thousand words.
1998
Washington Times
15 Jan. B11 (
Bizarro comic strip
)
‘A picture may be worth a thousand words, Mr. Carter, but in my class, half a picture is not worth a 500-word essay.’
example, good and bad
Every PICTURE tells a story
Quot. 1847 antedates the use of this saying as a catchphrase.
1847
Jane Eyre
I. i.
The letter-press .. I cared little for… Each picture told a story.
1904
Daily Mail
26 Feb. 8
A London woman and Doan's Backache Kidney Pills …‘Every picture tells a story.’
1967
Beyond Belief
IV
. xxiii.
Every Picture Tells a Story … Sergeant Carr stood with his .. back to the fireplace, the lady next to the budgie, the dog next to her.
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