The shortest answer is doing the thing itself

Meaning: Action is more effective than deliberation; the most direct response to a challenge is to confront it.

Origin: English proverb attributed to George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651).

Translations

• French: La réponse la plus courte est de faire la chose elle-même (literally: The shortest answer is doing the thing itself)
• Spanish: La respuesta más corta es hacer la cosa misma (literally: The shortest answer is doing the thing itself)
• Japanese: 最短の答えはそれ自体をすることだ (Saitan no kotae wa sorejishin wo suru koto da) (literally: The shortest answer is to do the thing itself)

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