Fine words butter no parsnips. 
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English
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Fair words butter no parsnips.
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Bare words buy no barley.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Dicere non est facere.
To say is not to do.
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Sunt facta verbis difficiliora.
There are facts more difficult to put into words.
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Ne verba pro farina.
Don't use words for food.
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Ubi factis opus est, non sufficiunt verba.
Where deeds are needed, words are not enough.
French
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Faire plus de bruit que de besogne.
More noise than work.
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Belles paroles ne font pas bouillir la marmite.
Fine words don't boil the pot.
German
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Schöne Worte geben keine fette Suppe.
Fine words do not give a fat soup.
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Schöne Worte machen das Kraut nicht fett.
Fancy words don't cut the mustard.
Czech
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Moc řečí — a skutek utek.
Too much talk - and the deed is done.
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Mnoho řeči, málo skutku.
Much talk, little action.
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Mnoho řečí, málo věcí.
Lots of talk, few things.