A picture paints a thousand words

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A picture paints a thousand words
Meaning
A picture tells a story as well as a large amount of descriptive text.
Origin
The original quotation is 'One picture is worth ten thousand words', Frederick R. Barnard in Printer's Ink, 8 Dec 1921 retelling a Chinese proverb.

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