go without saying
To not need to be said or mentioned; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established.
It goes without saying that our volunteers love their work.
noun
A proverb or maxim.
There is a Chinese saying: "One who does not know how to smile has no business to be in business." How much truer is this of people engaged in the business of diplomacy!
Garrus: Fist knows you're coming. We'll have a better chance if we all work together. Wrex: My people have a saying: Seek the enemy of your enemy, and you will find a friend.
That which is said; an utterance.
And I'll be sworn you would believe my saying, Howe'er you lean to th' nayward.