Mere Proverbs

Words are mere bubbles of water; deeds are drops of gold. (Tibetan Proverb)
Better the certainty of the straddle than the mere loan of a saddle. View proverb
Irish Proverb
Mere words do not feed the friars. View proverb
Irish Proverb
If deeds are wanting, all words appear mere vanity and emptiness. View proverb
Greek Proverb
Mere life is not a victory, mere death is not a defeat. View proverb
Klingon Proverb
Words are mere bubbles of water, but deeds are drops of gold. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Once bitten by a snake, he is scared all his life at the mere sight of a rope. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A farmer does not conclude by the mere look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it open for examination. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A plaster house, a horse at grass, a friend in words, are all mere glass. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
Treat everything of this world as mere vanity. View proverb
Latin Proverb
Mere intentions are not to be esteemed as actions. (Latin Proverb)
What reveals itself to me ceases to be mysterious for me alone if I unveil it to anyone else, he hears mere words which betray the living sense Profanation, but never revelation. View proverb
Traditional Proverb
What's drinking? / A mere pause from thinking. (Lord Byron) View proverb
English Proverb