말보다 증거
word-THAN evidence
Evidence [is better] than words.
Evidence for what?
I had a list of proverbs I was trying to go through them in order but I skipped about 5 of them, because they were too difficult to figure out. Seeing evidence of my poor Korean Language skill (and doing nothing about it) is better than learning new Korean vocabulary. There, that really confounds the intended meaning of proverb.
And here is the best explanation of this kind of problem.