[いいくるめる, iikurumeru] (v1, vt) to deceive somebody into believing (e.g. that black is white); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
[ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず, hyakubunhaikkennishikazu] (exp) seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words