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Yes, the Russian proverb. It's even better in Russian: доверяй, но проверяй, doveryay no proveryay It's better because it displays both words are semantically
by fer 5y ago
Yes, the Russian proverb.
It's even better in Russian: доверяй, но проверяй, doveryay no proveryay
It's better because it displays both words are semantically related. In fact, "verify" is cognate with their root, vera/veryat', probably a common Indoeuropean root but I'm too lazy to verify (pun intended).
- bmn__ 5y agoYou spoke true. https://www.etymonline.com/word/%2awere-o- https://www.etymonline.com/word/%2awere-o-
- pstoll 5y agoInteresting - so more like “verity but verify”. Very cool.
- fer 5y ago"rest/be assured but ensure" is how I would keep the semantics wordplay, but obviously there's always something lost in translation.