Yet whether this is true or not depends on what we take louder to mean. Grammatically speaking, 'actions speak louder than words' is a declarative sentence (i.e., one that makes a statement). Actions speak louder than words, goes the saying.

This adage suggests that actions ultimately reveal our true character and intentions more convincingly than any verbal statements we may make. John has told me he intends to apologize. In essence, Actions speak louder than words implies that individuals can demonstrate their thoughts, beliefs, and intentions through their behaviors and deeds rather than through verbal expressions alone.I've had three assurances that the project will be completed soon.(Notice that all nouns were given capital letters in and before that era.) ' Actions speak louder than Words, and are more to be regarded.' (anon).The earliest version of the full version as we know it appears in 'The Melancholy State of Province' (a collection of letters from 1736): They would make that their Work and Scope, that this may be the real Language of their Hearts and Actions, which speak much louder than Words.' 'So they would give him Glory, praise him with their Lips, and honour him with their Lives.The earliest account featuring 'speak louder' comes from clergyman Thomas Manton's 'Book of Sermons' published in 1693: 'A word spoken in season is like an Apple of Gold set in Pictures of Silver, and actions are more precious than words.'.As recorded in Hansard (the traditional name of the transcripts of UK Parliamentary debates), a version of the proverb 'actions speak louder than words' was spoken in 1628 by John Pym (Member of Parliament for Tavistock, Devon):