🤖 Literally, in English
“The eye sees far, but the mind sees further.”
Око бачить далеко, а розум ще далі. Oko bachyt daleko, a rozum shche dali
🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →
🇬🇧 What you'd actually say
“Thinking gets you further than looking.”
also: “Understanding beats observation.” · “Your mind reaches further than your eyes.”
- 📖 Meaning
- Reason and imagination can reach things the eyes never will.
- 💡 Why it's funny
- It is not really funny — it is one of the quieter, more beautiful sayings, and the literal translation survives almost intact.
- 🧭 Closest English idiom
- No direct English equivalent. English has no established idiom for this. The nearest is 'look before you leap', but that is about caution; this one is about the reach of imagination and reasoning.
- 📝 Explanation
- Said in praise of foresight, or to a young person who trusts only what is in front of them.
🧠 Learn
- foresight (noun) — the ability to see what is likely to happen — передбачливість “She had the foresight to save money.”
- reason (noun) — the power to think and understand — розум, здоровий глузд “He appealed to reason, not emotion.”
🗣 In context
Він передбачив це ще торік. Око бачить далеко, а розум ще далі.
He saw this coming a year ago. Thinking gets you further than looking.
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